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DocumentLivestock, Disease, Trade and Markets: Policy Choices for the Livestock Sector in Africa 2006
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No results found.For many years African livestock production was seen as a poor investment for development. Assumptions about low productivity, ‘backward’ management systems, lack of market orientation and poor growth potentials consigned the livestock sector to the sidelines. But after years of being ignored, livestock issues are beginning to be put back on Africa’s development agenda. Livestock are being recognised as essential assets for livelihoods; as key to moving out of poverty; as a way into lucrative ma rkets; as a source of foreign exchange; as well as important cultural resources, social safety nets and means of saving. Given this renewed emphasis, this Working Paper asks: What are some of the underlying debates, assumptions and trade-offs? What competing perspectives on ways forward for African livestock development are being explicitly – and implicitly – discussed? The paper focuses on three interlocking themes – markets, trade and standards; service delivery and organisational arrangements ; and science and technology priorities, examining both policy debates and field-level experiences from across Africa. The analysis suggests that, despite a common rhetorical commitment to poverty reduction, sustainable livelihoods and pro-poor policy, there are tensions within the development strategies being proposed. Today’s primary policy focus is on livestock for trade and export – relating to a general concern to ‘modernise’ the sector, and boost production, requiring new approaches to bot h livestock production and management and the delivery of animal health care and veterinary services. Potentially, the paper argues, this comes at the expense of more simple initiatives to support productivity, breeding and disease management. -
Book (stand-alone)Livestock to 2020 : the next food revolution
The Next Food Revolution
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No results found.“A 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture, and the Environment” is an initiative of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) to develop a shared vision and a consensus for action on how to meet future world food needs while reducing poverty and protecting the environment. It grew out of a concern that the international community is setting priorities for addressing these problems based on incomplete information. Through the 2020 Vision initiative, IFPRI is bringing together divergent schools of thought on these issues, generating research, and identifying recommendations. This discussion paper series presents technical research results that encompass a wide range of subjects drawn from research on policy-relevant aspects of agriculture, poverty, nutrition, and the environment. The discussion papers contain material that IFPRI believes is of key interest to those involved in addressing emerging food and development problems. The views expressed in the pa pers are those of the authors, and not necessarily en dorsed by IFPRI. These discussion papers undergo review but typically do not present final research results and should be considered as works in progress. -
ProjectStrengthening Regional Capacities to Address Negative Impacts of COVID-19 on the Animal Health Sector in Africa - TCP/RAF/3801 2024
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Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 with its quick worldwide spread, which turned it into a global public health threat with over 6.9 million deaths, the impact that infectious diseases of animal origin can exert on global health and development with severe and long-term negative effects has become rapidly visible. The need to strengthen capacities to prevent, detect, and manage the likely transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and other emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases at animal, human and ecosystem interface turned into a global priority. Coronaviruses, which are known to infect mammals including different livestock species, are usually very specific to their host, but in the case of SARS-CoV-2, it is suspected to have originated in bats before spreading from human to human. While no evidence of circulation among livestock was collected, potential risks of spreading of SARS-CoV-2 through livestock could not be denied in the onset of the emergency. As of September 2023, the African continent had registered over 9.5 million reported cases and over 175 000 deaths, adding an additional burden on countries already suffering from poverty, unemployment, malnutrition and hunger. The animal health sector was assessed as being particularly vulnerable and requiring additional support to strengthen national prevention and response systems.
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