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Status and Prospects for Smallholder Milk Production

A Global Perspective

Year of publication 2010

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 186 p.

Author Hemme, T.;Otte, J.;Animal Production and Health Division

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 978-92-5-106545-7

Series title Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative (PPLPI) Research Report

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) In 2005, some 1.4 billion people lived in absolute poverty and that nearly 1 billion were affected by chronic mal- or undernutrition. An estimated 75 percent of the world’s poor live in rural areas, and at least 600 million of these keep livestock that enable them to produce food, generate cash income, manage risks and build up assets. With the valuable contribution that livestock makes to sustaining livelihoods, especially in rural areas, the development of small-scale livestock enter prises could be a key element of efforts to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. Milk production is an important livestock-sector activity and it is estimated that nearly 150 million farm households throughout the world are engaged in milk production. Small-scale milk production not only improves food security of milk producing households but also creates significant amounts of employment in the entire dairy chain, which comprises many small-scale rural processors and intermediaries . On the other hand, demand for milk and milk products is steadily growing, particularly in developing countries. If supply is to keep pace with the growth in demand, milk production will need to grow by close to 2 percent per year.

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