Vermicomposting: Tool for Sustainable Ruminant Manure Management

Table 1

Distribution of ruminant livestock (% of global total) by region 2010.

	Buffaloes	Cattle	Goat	Sheep
Africa	2.06	19.78	34.17	27.75
Asia	97.14	33.06	59.29	42.18
Europe	0.20	8.71	1.88	12.14
Latin America	0.60	28.37	3.78	7.99
North America	—	7.47	0.34	0.60
Oceania	—	2.61	0.54	9.34
World total	194, 152, 560	1, 430, 101, 625	909, 691, 076	1, 077, 762, 456

Source: FAOSTAT, 2013 [11].