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Transforming livestock sector: Kenya

What do long-term projections say?

Year of publication 2018

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 12

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Series number N/A

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The Kenyan cattle and poultry sector widely affects society. It contributes to livelihoods, provides food and nutrition, is a major consumer of natural resources, and causes public health threats through zoonoses. The cattle and poultry sector is anticipated to undergo rapid growth and transformation in the coming decades, because the anticipated population and economic growth, which will provide major incentives for increased production and productivity in the livestock sector. The longer-term future of Kenyan livestock, and of the cattle and poultry sectors in particular, is still in the making and can be shaped by informed decisions taken today. To understand what different trajectories of the transformation of the cattle sector might imply, we must review the current impact of different systems today. This brief is a summary on the current impacts of cattle systems on the livelihoods, environment and public health.

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