Pica-Ciamarra, UgoTasciotti, LucaOtte, JoachimZezza, Alberto2014-04-172014-04-172011-05https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17890This paper investigates the livestock asset positions of rural households and the contribution of livestock to their income in 12 developing countries. It draws on the FAO Rural Income Generating Activities (RIGA) database, which allows cross-country comparisons of household surveys. The majority of rural households keep livestock; the rural poor, defined as those living in rural areas and belonging to the bottom expenditure quintile, are more likely to keep livestock than those in higher quintiles; there are minor differences in herd composition between households, and the contribution of livestock to total income is overall small, with no significant differences across households.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO ASSETSAGRICULTURAL GROWTHAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSALPACAANIMALANIMAL DISEASESANIMAL GENETICSANIMAL PRODUCTIONANIMAL PRODUCTSBEEFBIRDSBODY WEIGHTBREEDBREEDINGBUFFALOBUFFALOESCASH INCOMECATTLECATTLE HERDCATTLE PRICESCHICKENCHICKENSCLIMATIC CONDITIONSCONSUMPTION OF MILKCONSUMPTION SMOOTHINGCOWSCROP DIVERSIFICATIONCROP RESIDUESCULTURAL CHANGEDAIRYDAIRY COWSDAIRY FARMERSDAIRY MARKETINGDAIRY PRODUCTIONDAIRY PROJECTDAIRY SYSTEMSDEMAND FOR LIVESTOCK PRODUCTSDETERMINANTSDRAFT POWERDRAUGHT ANIMALSDROUGHTECONOMIC EFFICIENCYECONOMIC GROWTHEGGSEMPLOYMENT GENERATIONFARMFARM ANIMALSFARM INCOMEFARM PRODUCTIVITYFARM SIZEFARMING SYSTEMSFARMSFATTENINGFEEDFEEDINGFLOCKFLOCK SIZEFLOCKSFODDERFOOD POLICYFOOD SECURITYGLOBAL POVERTYGOATSGUINEA PIGSHERD COMPOSITIONHERD SIZEHERDSHIGHLANDSHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD INCOMESHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSEHOLD WELFAREINCOME FROM LIVESTOCKINCOME QUINTILEINEQUALITYINSURANCEINSURANCE MARKETSLANDLESS HOUSEHOLDSLIVE ANIMALSLIVE WEIGHTLIVELIHOOD STRATEGIESLIVESTOCKLIVESTOCK ACTIVITIESLIVESTOCK ASSETLIVESTOCK ASSETSLIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENTLIVESTOCK FARMINGLIVESTOCK FARMSLIVESTOCK INCOMELIVESTOCK INVENTORYLIVESTOCK KEEPINGLIVESTOCK MARKETSLIVESTOCK OWNERSHIPLIVESTOCK POLICIESLIVESTOCK POLICYLIVESTOCK POPULATIONSLIVESTOCK PRODUCTIONLIVESTOCK PRODUCTION SCIENCELIVESTOCK PRODUCTIVITYLIVESTOCK PRODUCTSLIVESTOCK RESEARCHLIVESTOCK REVOLUTIONLIVESTOCK SECTORLIVESTOCK SPECIESLIVESTOCK SYSTEMSLIVESTOCK UNITSLIVING STANDARDSMANUREMARKET ACCESSMEATMIGRATIONMILKMILK PRODUCTIONMOUNTAIN REGIONMOUNTAIN REGIONSNET INCOMENUTRITIONNUTRITIONAL STATUSPASTORAL AREASPASTORAL PEOPLESPEACOCKPIGSPOOR FARMERSPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR PEOPLEPOOR POPULATIONPOOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDSPOORER HOUSEHOLDSPORKPORK INDUSTRYPOULTRYPOULTRY FARMSPOULTRY INDUSTRYPOULTRY SCIENCEPOULTRY SECTORPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY ASSESSMENTPOVERTY IMPACTPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY LINKAGESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIESPOVERTY THRESHOLDPRODUCTION SYSTEMSRANCHERSREGIONAL OFFICERISK MANAGEMENTRUMINANTSRURALRURAL AREASRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL GROWTHRURAL HOUSEHOLDRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL INCOMERURAL INCOME GENERATIONRURAL LIVELIHOODSRURAL LIVESTOCKRURAL POORRURAL POPULATIONRURAL POVERTYRURAL POVERTY REDUCTIONSAVINGSSHEEPSMALL FARMSSMALL RUMINANTSSMALL-SCALE FARMERSSMALLHOLDER FARMERSSMALLHOLDER LIVESTOCKSMALLHOLDERSSOCIAL CAPITALTARGETINGVETERINARYVETERINARY SERVICESWEALTH GROUPSWEIGHT GAIN10.1596/17890