5. Livestock and Dairy Management

a. Small Livestock Management

 

b. Large Livestock and Dairy Management

 

Global Livestock CRSP

 

Livestock services and the poor: A global initiative. Collecting, coordinating and sharing experiences

Nearly one billion livestock are kept by more than 600 million small farmers and herders in rural areas around the world. Livestock keeping can help alleviate poverty in many developing countries – especially as the demand for animal products such as milk and meat continues to rise. Still, most livestock keepers – about 95 percent – live well below the poverty line, and cannot even afford to buy their own livestock products. This book demonstrates how present-day livestock policies and practices overlook the needs of rural smallholders, essentially stopping them from taking advantage of new market opportunities, and offers strategies to help provide rural livestock keepers with the tools they need to overcome their poverty.

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