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Livestock keeping in urban areas

A review of traditional technologies based on literature and field experience

Year of publication 2001

Pages 62

Author Animal Production and Health Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Series title FAO Animal Production and Health Paper

Series number 0254-6019

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) At the request and with the support of the Japanese Governament, FAO has compiled experiences of livestock keeping fom different parts of the world, categorized by production systems, to make it easier for interested people to select ideas for their own conditions. This document presents a sample of such technologies intended for livestock keeing in urban and peri-urban areas. It describes the livestock production system in traditional sectors and identifies constraints. Suggestions for improvin g production in the livestock secor are given and a literature list is included for further reference.

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