This working paper has been prepared jointly for the Intergovernmental Authority on Development Livestock Policy Initiative (IGAD LPI) and the Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative (PPLPI). The work described in this paper contributes towards making available standardised spatial data to help analyse policy options, to target policy interventions and to evaluate their impact – contributing to … Continue reading
Category Archives: Countries
Asia / India / Livestock / Markets / Philippines / South Asia / Southeast Asia / Thailand / Vietnam
Contract farming to integrate rural smallholders in markets for livestock products
This report assesses the efficiency and effectiveness of contract farming as an institution for integrating rural smallholders in markets for livestock products, using detailed reviews of particular case studies on contract farming in India, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam. Read more … (Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative) Continue reading
Asia / ILRI / Livestock / Markets / Pigs / Southeast Asia / Value Chains / Vietnam
Vietnam: Taking a pig to market
The rapid growth in demand for pork in Vietnam represents an opportunity for smallholders to improve their incomes. But limited access to improved breeds, inputs, veterinary services and markets has constrained smallholders from benefiting fully from market opportunities presented by this rising demand. Recent pronouncements on government policy have also favoured the development of larger-scale, … Continue reading
East Africa / ILRI / Kenya / Livestock / Participation / Pastoralism / Tanzania / Wildlife
Sustaining communities, livestock and wildlife: A guide to participatory land-use planning
This guide is designed to help communities and policy-makers at local and national levels make informed choices regarding land use, business ventures, and public policy in pastoral areas, particularly the Maasai Steppe and other semi-arid parts of East Africa. This decision support tool, Sustaining communities, livestock and wildlife stems from work by the Food and … Continue reading
Animal Health / Drought / East Africa / Kenya / Livestock
Kenya’s Livestock ministry seeks more cash to replenish herds
The Livestock ministry is seeking additional funds from Treasury to help farmers replenish their herds after the recent biting drought and floods in parts of the country. It wants KES 700 million in addition to the KES 130 million earmarked for the exercise, said permanent secretary Kenneth Lusaka, adding that they had prepared a Cabinet … Continue reading
East Africa / ILRI / Kenya / Livestock / Pastoralism / Tanzania / Wildlife
Kudumisha uhusiano kati ya jamii, ufugaji na wanyamapori: Mwongozo wa ushirikishwaji katika kupanga Matumizi ya ardhi
Mwongozo huu umeandaliwa ili kusaidia jamii na watunga sera katika ngazi ya jamii na kitaifa kufanya maamuzi na uchaguzi sahihi kuhusu matumizi ya ardhi, biashara, na sera za kitaifa kwa maeneo ya wafugaji, hasa nyika za umasaini na maeneo makame ya Afrika ya Mashariki. Kitini hiki kinachoeleza mfumo wa kusaidia ufanyaji maamuzi, Kudumisha uhusiano kati … Continue reading
CGIAR / Food Security / ILRI / Ireland / Livestock
Irish Aid increases collaboration with universities and research centres to reduce global hunger
The Minister of State for Overseas Development, Peter Power T.D., yesterday announced significant funding for collaborative research between Irish universities and international research centres to combat hunger. Outlining the Government’s increased support, Minister Power said: “This initiative represents an investment in research that will ultimately help to increase food production, improve diets and reduce vulnerability … Continue reading
Dairying / India / Livestock / Markets / South Asia
Make dairy farming commercial activity to achieve surplus production
Dr Rajinder Pal Singh, an Indian-Australian farm economist working with international agricultural research bodies — CIMMYT and IRRI — has studied dairy farming , a traditional activity in Punjab. He has concluded that as a supplementary source of income, dairy is not financially viable for farmers. Dr Rajinder Pal believes that the venture should be … Continue reading
Sri Lanka introduces ICT to dairy farmers
Web and mobile technologies have been introduced such that Sri Lanka’s dairy farmers can achieve self-sufficiency in milk production. The project, called e-Dairy, is part of the effort by the country’s Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) to improve livelihoods of the rural community, which accounts for 70 per cent of the country’s population. Read … Continue reading
Tacit knowledge and innovation capacity: Evidence from the Indian livestock sector
To cope and compete in this rapidly-changing world, organisations need to access and apply new knowledge. While explicit knowledge is important, what is often critical is an organisation’s ability to create, access, share and apply the tacit or un-codified knowledge that exists among its members, its network and the wider innovation system of which it … Continue reading
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