International Livestock Research Institute,
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
27 February - 02 March 1995
Edited by:
R Trevor Wilson, Simeon Ehui and Simon Mack
April 1995
Food and Agriculture Organization Rome, Italy
International Livestock Research Institute
Nairobi, Kenya
ISBN: 92-9146-001-X
Correct citation: Wilson R T, Ehui S and Mack S (eds). 1995. Livestock Development Strategies for Low Income Countries. Proceedings of the Joint FAO/ILRI Roundtable on Livestock Development Strategies for Low Income Countries, ILRI, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 27 February-02 March 1995. Food and Agriculture Organization/International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
Abstract
This volume contains an executive summary of papers and the discussions on them as well as the reports of working groups and the recommendations of the Roundtable on Livestock Development Strategies for Low Income Countries. In addition to the executive summary there is a Keynote paper and two other background papers, two papers on issues, constraints and opportunities for livestock development and five papers on options for increasing livestock's contribution from the major production systems. The volume also contains reports of all the discussions and summarized reports of the working groups that were convened for sub-Saharan Africa and West Asia and North Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean. It is completed by a short report of the discussion at the final plenary session, the closing peroration and the recommendations of the Roundtable.
Keywords
/Livestock/ /development/ /research/ /structural adjustment/ /policy/ /production/ /low income countries/ /developing countries/ /sub-Saharan Africa/ /West Asia/ /North Africa/ /Asia/ /Latin America/ /Caribbean/
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Livestock in low income countries
Background to the Roundtable
Part One: Background papers
Part Two: Issues/constraints and opportunities for livestock development
Part Three: Options for increasing livestock's contribution from the major production systems
Part Four: Working groups and Final Plenary Session
Background to the Roundtable
Work programme and thrust of the Animal Production and Health Division of FAO
The International Livestock Research Institute
Objectives and expected outputs of the Roundtable
Organization
Keynote paper: The contribution of livestock to food security and sustainable development
Introduction
The meaning and scope of food security
Livestock and food supply
Livestock as a source of income
Livestock as generators of employment
Livestock as suppliers of inputs and services for crop production
Livestock production, resource management and environmental degradation
Trends and projections in food production
Conclusions
References
Introduction
Past trends and performance
Current trends
Future directions in smallholder livestock development
References
Introduction
Land degradation
Livestock distribution and stocking rates
Biomass removal
Biomass addition
Discussion and conclusions
References
Keynote paper: The contribution of livestock to food security and sustainable development
Development support and livestock services
Impact of human activities and livestock on the African environment: an attempt to partition the pressure
Part two: Issues constraints and opportunities for livestock development
Introduction
Trends in developing countries
Importance of macroeconomic, trade and other policies in economic theory
Macroeconomic policies, trade regimes and livestock development in developing countries
Livestock sector policies
Special focus on West Africa
Conclusions
References
Appendix A. Developing countries by geographical region
Introduction
The current state of research
The livestock research policy environment
Sectoral and macro policy effects on livestock research impact
Making the case for livestock research
Research strategies to promote livestock development goals
Linking research and technology transfer
Where the needed resources will come from
Conclusions-and recommendations for the framework for action
References
Macroeconomic international trade and sectoral policies in livestock development
Research and technology transfer for livestock development
Part three: Options for increasing livestock's contribution from the major production systems
Redesigning for risk: tracking and buffering environmental variability in Africa's rangelands
Introduction
Overall objectives
Project purpose
Results
Activities
Conclusions
References
Introduction
The farming situation in sub-Saharan Africa
Why mixed farming?
Land use changes in sub-Saharan Africa
Constraints
Research
Conclusions
ReferencesLivestock feeds and mixed farming systems in West Asia and North Africa
Introduction
Food in WANA
Oil wealth and population
Land policy
Seed policy
Livestock policy
Macromixes: projections to 2020
Micromixes: projections to 2020
Acknowledgements
References
Introduction
The socio-economic background
Trends in cattle production and land use
Opportunities for development
Constraints to livestock development
Conclusions
ReferencesMixed farming and intensification of animal production systems in Asia
Introduction
Economic importance of animals
Genesis of crop-animal systems
Animal production systems
Types of mixed farming systems
Relevance of integrated systems
Intensification of animal production systems
Priorities for research and development
References
Redesigning for risk: tracking and buffering environmental variability in Africa's rangelands
Mixed farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa
Livestock feeds and mixed farming systems in West Asia and North Africa
Mixed farming systems in Latin America and the Caribbean
Mixed farming and intensification of animal production systems in Asia
Part Four: Working group sessions
Working group one: Sub-Saharan Africa and West Asia and North Africa
Discussion on Working Group presentations
Peroration
Recommendations
Annex I: A global agenda for livestock research: an ILRI consultation
Introduction
Objectives
Participation
Programme
Summary of regional working group reports
Summary of common research themes