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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetSustainable small-scale livestock production
Enhancing the contribution of family farmers to achieving the SDGs
2019Also available in:
No results found.Demand for livestock products is expected to grow by as much as 50 percent by 2050, driven by Africa and southern Asia. Livestock play a crucial role in the nutrition, food security and livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people, particularly family farmers. The socio-economic role of livestock is strong in many societies, which associate livestock with cultural heritage and customs. Livestock are central to everyday life in many communities and to employment and entrepreneurship opportunities, particularly for rural youth and women. Livestock production faces many challenges, however, and has a substantial environmental impact. The challenges in low-income countries are compounded by competition and limited access to productive inputs and markets, meaning small-scale livestock keepers are not benefiting from fast sectoral growth. Meeting these challenges will require a comprehensive strategy, planning, investment and international cooperation to build capacity and share expertise. The programme aims to ensure that family-farm livestock production contributes to societal wellbeing in a sustainable way. Countries and international development organizations recognize the importance of family-farmer livestock production. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) complements their actions by supporting national livestock development and providing expertise where weaknesses exist. -
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ArticleWhat is driving livestock total factor productivity change? A persistent and transient efficiency analysis
Global Food Security Vol. 21
2019Also available in:
No results found.Production and consumption of livestock products have increased substantially over the past decades, and a continuing growth is expected. These market trends could bring opportunities for economic and social development, however at the same time it can pose unintended food security, public health and environmental risks. Rising livestock productivity will be fundamental if the sector is to deliver on expectations. Increasing productivity through factor substitution is a feasible goal, however rising land, capital, and labour productivity simultaneously will be a major challenge. A better understanding of the level and drivers of livestock total factor productivity (TFP) has become a major topic in the sustainable development policy debate. Using a stochastic distance function approach, this paper aims to shed light on this issue by estimating TFP indicators of livestock production systems, and assessing the associated levels of persistent and transient efficiency. The results show that the level of livestock TFP continues to growth in most regions, however developing countries are not catching up in terms of efficiency change with developed countries.
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