The Livestock Sector in the World Development Report 2008: Re-assessing the Policy Priorities

The Livestock Sector in the World Development Report 2008: Re-assessing the Policy Priorities

Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative: A Living from Livestock

Year of publication 2008

Pages 10p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

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

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Synopsis (short abstract) This note examines how the 2008 World Bank World Development Report on Agriculture for Development (WDR) assesses the potential contribution of the livestock sector to agricultural / economic growth and poverty alleviation, with a particular focus on the policy implications. The WDR largely considers meat and dairy as high value livestock products and the evolution of the livestock sector as being primarily driven by demand-related factors. Opportunities for livestock sector development are thou ght to predominate in transforming and urbanized economies, mainly in Asia and Latin America, where linking farmers to markets is a major policy priority. Instead, for agriculture based countries of sub-Saharan Africa, the WDR advocates for a smallholder-based ‘productivity revolution’, particularly for staple foods.

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