The main aim of this study is to provide an analytical framework for the assessment of barriers to market access for poor livestock producers that can be used for the development of public policy that works to the advantage of those poor producers that attempt to enter specific product markets. The paper proceeds to demonstrate … Continue reading
Tag Archives: FAO
Livestock in the balance: State of Food and Agriculture Report 2009
FAO’s latest State of Food and Agriculture report on “Livestock in the balance” will be launched during January 2010. Read more … (SLP) Continue reading
International consultation on Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems for Development: The Way Forward for Production Intensification
The Agriculture and Consumer Protection Department of FAO, in collaboration with Embrapa, IFAD and IICA, will co-organize an international consultation on the theme: Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems for Development: The Way Forward for Production Intensification. The consultation process will operate largely through an electronic exchange by experts during February 2010 followed by a smaller workshop in Sete Lagoas, Minas Geráis, Brazil, from … Continue reading
Accessibility mapping and rural poverty in the Horn of Africa
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
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
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
FAO and NGOs got together to focus on livestock development issues
The current global animal production landscape is wide, complex and multifaceted. FAO recognises the important role played by the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in promoting responsible livestock practices as part of their programme and that there are opportunities for greater cooperation. With this in mind, the Animal Production and Health Division (AGA) took the initiative to … Continue reading
Climate Change / Environment / ILRI / Kenya / Livestock
Kenya: Rich nations should help the poor in climate change
We’ve discussed research indicating that eating a less meat-intensive diet could reduce our contribution to global climate change as well as increase life expectancy by reducing heart disease risk. This is based on the reality that farming practices in wealthy nations are resource intensive, producing green house gasses in any number of ways. The fatty … Continue reading
Deadly cattle plague, once the bane of farmers, on its deathbed
Sometime soon, rinderpest will officially be declared extinct, marking the first time mankind has ever eradicated an animal disease In animal health circles, it’s the equivalent of the Apollo 11 moon landing: some time in the next 18 months, FAO jointly with the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and other partners will officially declare one … Continue reading
The ultimate crop rotation
Lured by a new business model, wealthy nations flock to farmland in Ethiopia, locking in food supplies grown half a world away BAKO, ETHIOPIA — In recent months, the Ethiopian government began marketing abroad one of the hottest commodities in an increasingly crowded and hungry world: farmland. “Why Attractive?” reads one glossy poster with photos … Continue reading
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