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DocumentHighlights on four livestock sub-sectors in Kazakhstan: The Wool sector 2010
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The wool sector in Kazakhstan reached its highest point at the end of the 1980s. Sheep population amounted to 35 million head, while wool production exceeded 100 000 tonnes corresponding to 4 percent of the world total. Half of the flock consisted of registered pure-bred sheep, specialized in the production of fine wool (accounting for 60 percent of total wool production). Most of these sheep were concentrated in large-scale enterprises. A transhumant raising system was practised, with animals m oving annually to remote mountainous and desert pastures where infrastructure (watering, staff houses, sheds, artificial insemination facilities, etc.) existed. A centralized system of wool procurement (zagotkontory) worked with the large-scale kolhozes and sovhozes and with household farms (HHFs). Most of the wool was processed locally in large and fully integrated plants ranging in size from 500 to a few thousand employees. At that time, Kazakhstan wool and woollen goods were delivered through out the Soviet Union. The Red Army (for blankets and overcoats) and other Statecontrolled organizations (militia, the railway, etc.) were important customers. -
Book (series)Wealth index mapping in the Horn of Africa 2011
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No results found.Around 2.6 billion people in the developing world are estimated to have to make a living on less than $2 a day and of these, about 1.4 billion are ‘extremely’ poor; surviving on less than $1.25 a day. Nearly three quarters of the extremely poor – that is around 1 billion people – live in rural areas and, despite growing urbanization, more than half of the ‘dollar-poor’ will reside in rural areas until about 2035. Most rural households depend on agriculture as part of their livelihood and livesto ck commonly form an integral part of their production system. On the other hand, to a large extent driven by increasing per capita incomes, the livestock sector has become one of the fastest developing agricultural sub-sectors, exerting substantial pressure on natural resources as well as on traditional production (and marketing) practices. In the face of these opposing forces, guiding livestock sector development on a pathway that balances the interests of low and high income households and reg ions as well as the interest of current and future generations poses a tremendous challenge to policymakers and development practioners. Furthermore, technologies are rapidly changing while at the same time countries are engaging in institutional ‘experiments’ through planned and un-planned restructuring of their livestock and related industries, making it difficult for anyone to keep abreast with current realities. This ‘Working Paper’ Series pulls together into a single series different strand s of work on the wide range of topics covered by the Animal Production and Health Division with the aim of providing ‘fresh’ information on developments in various regions of the globe, some of which is hoped may contribute to foster sustainable and equitable livestock sector development. This paper follows on from a previous FAO study that used remotely sensed and other environmental data to map poverty in Uganda (FAO, 2006) and extends it to the Horn of Africa, incorporating additional environ mental and sociological variables. Furthermore, instead of using a direct measure of poverty, this study investigates the use of the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Wealth Index (WI) as a proxy for a regional welfare measure. -
Policy briefSmall livestock development in Rwanda: enhancing the policy environment for pig and poultry value chains 2023
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No results found.In recent years, much has been accomplished to develop the small livestock subsector in Rwanda. The Livestock Master Plan (LMP) 2017–2022 and the Fourth Strategic Plan for Agricultural Transformation (PSTA 4) 2018–2024 have proposed and attracted investments that have improved productivity of small livestock value chains including better piggery and poultry genetics, feeds and health services. However, this subsector still faces many problems related to policy and the enabling environment. Those problems were identified by a policy analysis involving stakeholder consultations in September and October 2022 and a national policy dialogue held in November 2022, jointly organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Agricultural and Animal Resources (MINAGRI). The study was supported by the European Union under the FAO-led TAP-AIS project “Developing capacities in agricultural innovation systems: scaling up the Tropical Agriculture Platform Framework”. The main problems facing small livestock development in Rwanda include: - insufficient access to affordable, suitable and nutritious animal feeds; - limited or poor market infrastructure and processing facilities for animal products; - limited extension and animal health services to control disease outbreaks; - financial constraints to smallholder farmers’ participation in different small livestock value chains; - insufficient means of transport and logistics services for live animals and animal products; - limited access to improved animal breeds; and - poor links between small livestock farmers, feed producers and animal processing facilities.
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