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Book (stand-alone)Poultry sector
The United Republic of Tanzania
2019Also available in:
No results found.The poultry sector continues to grow and industrialize in many parts of the world. An increasing human population, greater purchasing power and urbanization have been strong drivers of growth. A clear division is developing between industrialized production systems of large and medium size feeding into integrated value chains, and extensive production systems supporting livelihoods and supplying local or niche markets. The primary role of the former is to supply cheap and safe food to populations often distant from the source of supply, while the latter acts as a livelihood safety net, often as part of a diverse portfolio of income sources. Understanding how poultry production systems and value chains work is essential in order to develop a country’s poultry sector sustainably. This review for Tanzania is part of a series of Livestock Country Reviews developed by FAO's Animal Production and Health Division (AGA). The reviews aim to support sustainable and effective development interventions and policy recommendations and contribute to informed decision-making and investments in the poultry sector by: (i) providing information and data about national poultry supply chains (with a special focus on poultry production); (ii) analysing strengths, weaknesses and prospects along the supply chain; and (iii) identifying opportunities for poultry sector development. -
Book (stand-alone)Livestock country reviews - Poultry sector: Nepal 2014
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No results found.The poultry sector continues to grow and industrialize in many parts of the world. An increasing human population, greater purchasing power and urbanization have been strong drivers of growth. Advances in breeding have given rise to birds that meet specialized purposes and are increasingly productive, but that need expert management. The development and transfer of feed, slaughter and processing technologies have increased safety and efficiency of poultry production, but favour large-scale units rather than small-scale producers. These developments have led the poultry industry and the associated feed industry to scale up rapidly, to concentrate themselves close to input sources or final markets, and to integrate vertically. One element of the structural change has been a move towards contract farming in the rearing phase of boiler production, allowing farmers with medium-sized flocks to gain access to advanced technology with a relatively low initial investment. A clear division is de veloping between industrialized production systems of large and medium size, feeding into integrated value chains, and extensive production systems supporting livelihoods and supplying local or niche markets. The primary role of the former is to supply cheap and safe food to populations distant from the source of supply, while the latter acts as a livelihood safety net, often as part of a diverse portfolio of income sources. Extensive small-scale, rural, family-based poultry systems continue to play a crucial role in sustaining livelihoods in developing countries, supplying poultry products in rural but also periurban and urban areas, and providing important support to women farmers. Small-scale poultry production will continue to offer opportunities for income generation and quality human nutrition as long as there is rural poverty. In order to develop appropriate strategies and options for poultry sector development, including disease prevention control measures, a better understandi ng is required of the different poultry production systems, their associated market chains, and the position of poultry within human societies. This review for Nepal is part of a series of Country Reviews commissioned by the Animal Production and Health Division (AGA). It is intended as a resource document for those seeking information about the poultry sector at a national level, and is not exhaustive. The statistical data that are included from FAOSTAT are partly unofficial data or FAO estimat ed data. For details the reader is advised to consult the official FAOSTAT database at http://faostat.fao.org/. Some topics of the review are only partially covered or not covered at all and this document is subject to ongoing updating. The author and FAO/AGA1 welcome your contributions and feedback. -
DocumentSupply Chain Auditing for Poultry Production in Thailand
Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative: A Living from Livestock
2008Also available in:
No results found.This report provides a schematic overview of the supply chain and resource flows for three models of poultry production: backyard producer, medium contractor, and industrial. By elucidating the vertical and horizontal linkages that bind these actors into a web of formal and informal economic relationships, we want to facilitate better understanding of how actors will be affected by changes in policy regulation or shocks to the sector. For the Thai poultry sector, this is important for several re asons. Large scale industrial poultry production is one of the economy’s most important sources of animal-derived food, employment, and income. At the other extreme, smallholder backyard production remains nearly ubiquitous across an extensive low income rural population. The former group is tied to some of the most important food industries in the economy, and the health of the industrial sector is critical to the country’s trade and urban living standards. The latter group is linked through lo cal livestock markets to low income networks of small enterprises that spread pro-poor multiplier effects across most of the country’s diverse land area.
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