Sustainable livestock management for poverty alleviation and food security /

• Main Authors: Hooft, Katrien van t́, 1956- (Author), Wollen, Terry S., (Author), Bhandari, Dilip P., (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2012.
• Subjects: Livestock systems > Developing countries.; Food security > Developing countries.; Meat Producing Animals.; Animal Husbandry and Production, (New March 2000); Animal husbandry.; Farming systems.; Farming systems research.; Livestock.; Livestock farming.; Low income groups.; Mixed farming.; Rural areas.; Urban areas.; Electronic books.
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 This practical learning guide, composed of 12 chapters, focuses on supporting livestock within the smallholder mixed farming systems. It provides practical ways to understand and improve smallholder animal husbandry under a variety of agricultural and ecological conditions based on the Endogenous Livestock Development (ELD) approach. The first part of the book (Chapters 1-5) provides a general overview of livestock development and smallholder livestock keeping of the rural (and urban) poor. The second part of the book (Chapters 6-10) presents the two major types of smallholder livestock keeping systems (low-input and diversified livestock keeping, and more specialized livestock keeping). Chapter 11 presents experiences of finding pathways to markets which can enhance smallholder livestock keeping systems. Chapter 12 features a number of case studies of challenges and effective support to livestock keepers. This book is primarily written for livestock development practitioners, animal health and husbandry trainers, extension workers, students in international agriculture and veterinary programmes, community animal health workers and veterinarians. It can be used both in small group settings and in the formal classroom.