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Prospects for Livestock-Based Livelihoods in Africa's Drylands

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dc.contributor.authorde Haan, Cees
dc.contributor.editorde Haan, Cees
dc.contributor.otherBarr, Jill
dc.contributor.otherCervigni, Raffaello
dc.contributor.otherConchedda, Giulia
dc.contributor.otherCorniaux, Christian
dc.contributor.otherEricksen, Polly
dc.contributor.otherFillol, Erwann
dc.contributor.otherFlintan, Fiona
dc.contributor.otherGerber, Pierre
dc.contributor.otherHam, Frederic
dc.contributor.otherIckowicz, Alexandre
dc.contributor.otherKifugo, Shem
dc.contributor.otherLesnoff, Matthieu
dc.contributor.otherMartignac, Cecile
dc.contributor.otherMottet, Anne
dc.contributor.otherMsangi, Siwa
dc.contributor.otherMude, Andrew
dc.contributor.otherNigussie, Kidus
dc.contributor.otherRobinson, Tim
dc.contributor.otherRobinson, Lance
dc.contributor.otherSaid, Mohammed
dc.contributor.otherShaw, Alexandra
dc.contributor.otherToure, Ibra
dc.contributor.otherWane, Abdrahmane
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-08T15:02:44Z
dc.date.available2016-08-08T15:02:44Z
dc.date.issued2016-11-02
dc.description.abstractProspects 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.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/978-1-4648-0836-4
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-4648-0836-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/24815
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorld Bank Studies;
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectLIVESTOCK
dc.subjectDROUGHT
dc.subjectDRYLAND
dc.subjectPASTORALISM
dc.subjectLIVELIHOODS
dc.subjectAGRO-PASTORALISM
dc.subjectVULNERABILITY
dc.subjectRANGE MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectRESILIENCE
dc.titleProspects for Livestock-Based Livelihoods in Africa's Drylandsen
dc.typeBooken
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okr.associatedcontenthttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/23576 Confronting Drought in Africa’s Drylands
okr.crossref.titleProspects for Livestock-Based Livelihoods in Africa's Drylands
okr.date.disclosure2016-11-02
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-15T11:17:14.145564Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Publication
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/978-1-4648-0836-4
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/978-1-4648-0836-4
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum210836
okr.identifier.report109810
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okr.language.supporteden
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.geographicalSahel
okr.region.geographicalSub-Saharan Africa
okr.topicAgriculture::Climate Change and Agriculture
okr.topicAgriculture::Livestock & Animal Husbandry
okr.topicEnvironment::Drylands & Desertification
okr.topicEnvironment::Natural Resources Management
okr.topicEnvironment::Sustainable Land Management
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