World Bank2013-03-282013-03-282009-09-15https://hdl.handle.net/10986/13056The purpose of this synthesis report is to try and draw together recent work on the sector to understand in greater detail what is driving the sector, and how these drivers and trends may play out in the future and what options are available in response. This is not a strategy for the sector, but rather an attempt to provide some clarity to the development of the sector as a basis for stimulating discussion to inform strategy and specifically, to inform government policy and expenditure in the sector. The report draws upon five working papers (WPs) that were commissioned by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture in 2006 and 2007 . These papers tried to fill gaps in current knowledge of drivers in the sector rather than provide a comprehensive study of the sector, and their findings have been supplemented by other work in the sector.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABATTOIRSABSENTEE OWNERSACCESS TO INFORMATIONACTION PLANAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTAGRICULTURAL EXTENSIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSAGRICULTURAL SOCIETIESAGRICULTUREALFALFA HAYALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOODSALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF INCOMEANIMALANIMAL BREEDINGANIMAL FEEDANIMAL FEED INDUSTRYANIMAL HEALTHANIMAL HEALTH INPUTSANIMAL HUSBANDRYANIMAL MANAGEMENTANIMAL MARKETINGANIMAL PRODUCTIONANIMAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMANIMAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMSANIMAL PRODUCTIVITYANIMAL PRODUCTSANIMAL SLAUGHTERINGANIMALSARTIFICIAL INSEMINATIONBEARBEEFBEEF CATTLEBREEDBREED IMPROVEMENTBREEDING STOCKCAMELSCARCASS WEIGHTCASH INCOMECATTLE NUMBERSCHICKENSCHINESE MARKETCLIMATE CHANGECLIMATIC EVENTSCOMMERCIALIZATIONCONSUMER DEMANDCONSUMPTION OF MILKCROP-LIVESTOCK PRODUCTIONCULTURAL PRACTICESDAILY BASISDAILY WEIGHT GAINDAIRIESDAIRYDAIRY CATTLEDAIRY PRODUCTSDEMAND FOR LIVESTOCK PRODUCTSDEVELOPMENT PROJECTSDIETDIGESTIVE TRACTSDISEASE CONTROLDOMESTIC CONSUMPTIONDOMESTIC DEMANDDRINKING WATERECOSYSTEMSEGGSEQUIPMENTEXPORT INDUSTRYEXPOSUREEXTENSION SERVICESEXTENSIVE LIVESTOCK PRODUCTIONFARMFARMERSFARMSFEEDFEED INDUSTRYFEED PRODUCTIONFEEDINGFEEDLOTSFEEDSFENCINGFINANCIAL MANAGEMENTFODDERFODDER CROPSFODDER PRODUCTIONFOOD PRODUCTIONFOOD SAFETYFOOD SAFETY STANDARDSFOOD SECURITYFOOD SUPPLYFORAGEGOATGOATSGRASSLANDSGRAZINGGRAZING ANIMALSGRAZING LIVESTOCKGRAZING MANAGEMENTGROWN FEEDSHERBIVORESHERD COMPOSITIONHERD SIZEHERDERSHERDINGHERDSHORSEHORSE MEATHORSESIMPROVED BREEDSINCOME FROM LIVESTOCKINCOMESINFECTIOUS DISEASESINTEGRATIONINTENSIVE BEEF PRODUCTIONINTENSIVE LIVESTOCK PRODUCTIONISSUESLAMBLIVE ANIMALSLIVELIHOODSLIVESTOCKLIVESTOCK BREEDSLIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENTLIVESTOCK DISEASELIVESTOCK DISEASESLIVESTOCK FEEDLIVESTOCK HEALTHLIVESTOCK HERDERSLIVESTOCK HUSBANDRYLIVESTOCK INDUSTRYLIVESTOCK INSURANCELIVESTOCK MANAGEMENTLIVESTOCK MARKETINGLIVESTOCK NUMBERSLIVESTOCK OUTPUTLIVESTOCK PRODUCERLIVESTOCK PRODUCERSLIVESTOCK PRODUCTLIVESTOCK PRODUCTIONLIVESTOCK PRODUCTION SYSTEMLIVESTOCK PRODUCTION SYSTEMSLIVESTOCK PRODUCTIVITYLIVESTOCK PRODUCTSLIVESTOCK SECTORLIVESTOCK SECTORSLIVESTOCK SPECIESMEATMEAT MARKETSMEAT PRODUCTIONMEAT PRODUCTSMIGRATIONMILKMILK PRODUCTIONMILK PRODUCTSMUTTONNATIONAL HERDNATIONAL LIVESTOCKNATURAL PASTURENATURAL RESOURCENATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTNATURAL RESOURCESNOMADIC HERDERSNOMADIC PASTORALISMNUMBERS OF LIVESTOCKOFFALPARASITIC DISEASESPASTORAL NOMADSPASTORALISTSPASTURE MANAGEMENTPASTURESPREDATIONPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE VETERINARIANSPROCESSED FEEDSPUBLIC SERVICESRABBITSRANGELANDREPRODUCTIVE RATESRESERVESRESTAURANTSRURAL LIVESTOCKSAFE FOODSAFETY NETSAFETY NETSSHEEPSILAGESLAUGHTER FACILITIESSMALL HERDSSMALL RUMINANTSSOILSSUPPLEMENTARY FEEDSUPPLY CHAINSURVIVAL RATESWINETOURISMTRADITIONAL GRAZINGURBAN CENTERSVETERINARIANSVETERINARYVETERINARY PRACTICEVETERINARY SERVICESVETSWATER RESOURCESWOOLYOUNG ANIMALSMongolia : Livestock Sector StudyWorld Bank10.1596/13056