Geographic zoning is implemented as a mitigation strategy for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in selected countries across the world. Tanzania and other countries in Africa are considering zoning as one component in developing a strategic FMD plan. Trade data from Africa are examined to statistically test hypotheses about the impact of foot-and-mouth disease zoning on reported quantities and price of meat exports. Data are collected from the Food and Agriculture Organization for Africa from 1996 to 2011 by country. Results indicate that countries zoning for FMD had significantly higher quantities of exports relative to those countries not zoning. In contrast, country level average prices received for exports are not necessarily significantly different in zoned versus non-zoned regions. Tanzania being number three in Africa in terms of large livestock population after former Sudan and Ethiopia, FMD zoning as a control strategy will have a positive implication in increasing quantities of meat to be exported
