Prospects for Livestock-Based Livelihoods in Africa's Drylands

Prospects for Livestock-Based Livelihoods in Africa's Drylands

Prospects for Livestock-Based Livelihoods in Africa’s Drylands examines the challenges and opportunities facing the livestock sector and the people who depend on livestock in the dryland regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. It presents a novel way of thinking about pastoral development, grounded in a c...

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Main Author: de Haan, Cees
Format: Book
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2016
Subjects:
LIVESTOCK
DROUGHT
DRYLAND
PASTORALISM
LIVELIHOODS
AGRO-PASTORALISM
VULNERABILITY
RANGE MANAGEMENT
RESILIENCE
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spelling okr-10986-248152021-04-23T14:04:27Z Prospects for Livestock-Based Livelihoods in Africa's Drylands de Haan, Cees de Haan, Cees Barr, Jill Cervigni, Raffaello Conchedda, Giulia Corniaux, Christian Ericksen, Polly Fillol, Erwann Flintan, Fiona Gerber, Pierre Ham, Frederic Ickowicz, Alexandre Kifugo, Shem Lesnoff, Matthieu Martignac, Cecile Mottet, Anne Msangi, Siwa Mude, Andrew Nigussie, Kidus Robinson, Tim Robinson, Lance Said, Mohammed Shaw, Alexandra Toure, Ibra Wane, Abdrahmane LIVESTOCK DROUGHT DRYLAND PASTORALISM LIVELIHOODS AGRO-PASTORALISM VULNERABILITY RANGE MANAGEMENT RESILIENCE Prospects for Livestock-Based Livelihoods in Africa’s Drylands examines the challenges and opportunities facing the livestock sector and the people who depend on livestock in the dryland regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. It presents a novel way of thinking about pastoral development, grounded in a conceptual framework that focuses on the multiple shocks that drylands livestock keepers face and how those shocks can be addressed, drawing on a state-of-the-art literature review carried out by scientists of leading research institutes and development organizations, and integrating the results of an innovative approach to modeling development options for the drylands livestock sector. Looking to the future, the picture is mixed. On the positive side, demand for red meat is expected to strengthen in domestic and regional markets, suggesting that livestock keepers will have good market opportunities. On the negative side, a large majority of livestock keepers are classifi ed as poor, and the natural (feed) resource base is likely to be suffi cient to enable improved meat and milk production for the growing human population. Prospects for the livestock sector through 2030 vary by aridity zone. In arid and semi-arid zones, a reasonable goal for 2030 is to have land use, training, and microfi nance systems established that promote an appropriate balance between human and livestock carrying capacities, featuring mainly grassland/pastoral systems that reliably and sustainably satisfy the minimum income needs of herder households, produce at least a signifi cant part of the demand in local markets for animal source food, and provide environmental services for which livestock keepers receive compensation. The goal includes signifi cant employment generation outside the sector. In the higher rainfall zones of the semi-arid areas, and in the subhumid zones, a reasonable goal for 2030 is to have intensifi ed production systems established, featuring mainly mixed livestock/arable farming or agro-pastoral systems that are closely linked to nearby grassland/pastoral systems and that consistently generate marketable surpluses of differentiated red meat and livestock products that can compete not only in the expanding domestic market but also in selected regional markets. 2016-08-08T15:02:44Z 2016-08-08T15:02:44Z 2016-11-02 Book 978-1-4648-0836-4 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24815 English en_US World Bank Studies; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Publication Africa Sahel Sub-Saharan Africa
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topic LIVESTOCK
DROUGHT
DRYLAND
PASTORALISM
LIVELIHOODS
AGRO-PASTORALISM
VULNERABILITY
RANGE MANAGEMENT
RESILIENCE
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DROUGHT
DRYLAND
PASTORALISM
LIVELIHOODS
AGRO-PASTORALISM
VULNERABILITY
RANGE MANAGEMENT
RESILIENCE
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Prospects for Livestock-Based Livelihoods in Africa's Drylands
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description Prospects for Livestock-Based Livelihoods in Africa’s Drylands examines the challenges and opportunities facing the livestock sector and the people who depend on livestock in the dryland regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. It presents a novel way of thinking about pastoral development, grounded in a conceptual framework that focuses on the multiple shocks that drylands livestock keepers face and how those shocks can be addressed, drawing on a state-of-the-art literature review carried out by scientists of leading research institutes and development organizations, and integrating the results of an innovative approach to modeling development options for the drylands livestock sector. Looking to the future, the picture is mixed. On the positive side, demand for red meat is expected to strengthen in domestic and regional markets, suggesting that livestock keepers will have good market opportunities. On the negative side, a large majority of livestock keepers are classifi ed as poor, and the natural (feed) resource base is likely to be suffi cient to enable improved meat and milk production for the growing human population. Prospects for the livestock sector through 2030 vary by aridity zone. In arid and semi-arid zones, a reasonable goal for 2030 is to have land use, training, and microfi nance systems established that promote an appropriate balance between human and livestock carrying capacities, featuring mainly grassland/pastoral systems that reliably and sustainably satisfy the minimum income needs of herder households, produce at least a signifi cant part of the demand in local markets for animal source food, and provide environmental services for which livestock keepers receive compensation. The goal includes signifi cant employment generation outside the sector. In the higher rainfall zones of the semi-arid areas, and in the subhumid zones, a reasonable goal for 2030 is to have intensifi ed production systems established, featuring mainly mixed livestock/arable farming or agro-pastoral systems that are closely linked to nearby grassland/pastoral systems and that consistently generate marketable surpluses of differentiated red meat and livestock products that can compete not only in the expanding domestic market but also in selected regional markets.
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