Sustainable Food Value Chains Knowledge Platform

Business and Lvielihoods in Africa Livestock - Investments to overcome information gaps

2014

This paper investigates how the development of the livestock sector can contribute to economic growth and poverty reduction in the continent, with the ultimate objective of identifying major information gaps critical to designing and implementing successful livestock sector policies and investments.

Countries: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Réunion, Rwanda, Saint Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Commodities: Livestock in general
Topics: Value chain mapping in general, Value chain upgrading in general
Personal author: Ugo Pica-Ciamarra, Derek Baker, Nancy Morgan, Cheick Ly, Simplice Nouala
Publisher: World Bank (WB) ; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Type: Discussion
Format: Document
References (Download): EN