High Livestock Population in Asia Pacific Offers Growth Opportunities in the RFID Animal Tagging Market

SINGAPORE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Across the world, legislation is driving RFID rollouts for animal tagging, often subsidized by governments. In the Asia Pacific, region where the livestock population is the highest globally, the RFID animal tagging market is set to achieve growth.

“Concerns over animal health, potential bio-terrorism, food safety, international trade, and improving supply chain management have made animal and meat traceability essential,” notes Frost & Sullivan (www.autoid.frost.com) Research Analyst Parul Oswal. “Epidemics such as the mad cow disease and bird flu, among others, have led governments to consider RFID implementation for animal tracking.”

RFID in animal tagging may not be the largest application of RFID in the Asia Pacific. However, its benefits, and the special features of track and trace can prove to be very profitable and worthwhile for farmers and suppliers.

“However, the high cost of RFID tags is still a cause of concern for most farmers and companies looking to tag their animals,” notes Oswal. “As a result, the adoption of RFID in animal tagging is not significantly advanced in some of the smaller nations.”

The governments in each country will need to help the smaller farmers financially and also educate them on the benefits of RFID tagging. Mandatory or voluntary schemes can also be implemented to promote the use of RFID to tag animals.

Overall, the future of the livestock industry is headed towards source verification of herd of origin of all types of livestock. This will be based on “One animal – one number”.

In the short term, there will be greater penetration in the “early adopter” countries of Australia and New Zealand, as farmers meet the deadlines issued by the mandates. Over the long term, growth is expected in the other countries that have not yet issued any mandates on tagging, but are expected to do so.

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