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An Appropriate Level of Risk: Balancing the Need for Safe Livestock Products with Fair Market Access for the Poor

Year of publication 2005

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 82 p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

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

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This is the 23rd of a series of Working Papers prepared for the Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative (PPLPI). The purpose of these papers is to explore issues related to livestock development in the context of poverty alleviation. Livestock is vital to the economies of many developing countries. Animals are a source of food, particularly protein for human diets, they provide income, employment and are important assets for the poorer sectors of societies. For lowincome producers, livestock can se rve as a store of wealth, provide draught power and organic fertilizer for crop production and a means of transport. Consumption of livestock and livestock products in developing countries is increasing, and many regions of the developing world have the natural resources necessary to improve livestock productivity.

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