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Book (stand-alone)Hay Box Brooder: A Milestone to Increase Rural Households Poultry Production 2012
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No Thumbnail AvailableBook (stand-alone)Village chicken production system in rural Africa - household food security and gender issues 1998
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No results found.This publication presents the results of a field study on village chicken production and health and an analysis of their importance in household and national economies. The research was carried out under an FAO André Mayer Research Fellowship, granted to scientists whose research inputs may contribute to FAO's global work towards improved food security. Poultry is viewed within FAO's Special Programme for Food Security (SPFS) as a crucial element in the struggle for sustained food production and poverty alleviation. In rural Africa, the poultry production systems are mainly based on scavenging indigenious chickens, which are found in virtually all villages and households. Over 70 percent of the poultry products and 20 percent of the animal protein intake in most African countries come from this sector. The author, with over 20 years experience in agricultural research and development in rural farming systems of Africa, promotes a holistic multidisciplinary approach to rural poultry production, embracing institutional and organizational capacity building. Gender issues are strongly emphasized. A model for village chicken production systems is presented, and the text is supported by a comprehensive review of the global literature on the subject. The study confirms that enhanced village chicken production forms the basis for transforming the rural poultry sector from subsistance to a more economically productive base. The material is particularly pertinent to countries par ticipating in the SPFS, where village chicken production will have a special impact in increasing household food security and gender equity. -
BookletPolicy Brief - Indigenous livestock and poultry to alleviate under-nutrition among women and children in rural farm-households of Sri Lanka 2019
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No results found.Malnutrition among women of reproductive age results in reduced productivity, increased susceptibility to infections, slow recovery from illness, and heightened risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes. In Sri Lanka, only 45.7 percent of women have a healthy BMI, with 45.3 percent either overweight or obese. Being underweight and overweight can impact negatively on an unborn child. The causal relationship between nutritional status and food consumption patterns is well established, including the relationship between increased consumption of animal source foods. Promoting the consumption of these foods, specifically, indigenous livestock and poultry, is one channel to improve food and nutrition security in Sri Lanka. At a household level, evidence demonstrates that indigenous livestock and poultry keepers consume more animal source foods, and contribute to food and nutrition security of the household. Furthermore, the keepers of livestock with a market orientation earn additional income from sales and thus contribute to accessibility of more nutritious food. Despite the benefits of rearing indigenous livestock, a secular decline of indigenous animals from the farming systems of Sri Lanka is evident. In this respect, this policy brief examines the benefits of livestock and poultry to alleviate malnutrition and improve the living conditions of rural small-holder farm families and provides recommendations for policy and regulatory reforms.
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