Guidelines for the preparation of livestock sector reviews

Animal Production and Health Division

Guidelines for the preparation of livestock sector reviews

Year of publication 2011

Pages 64

Author Animal Production and Health Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Series title FAO Animal Production and Health Guidelines

Series number 1810-0708|1810 0708

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) The "livestock revolution" has generated steadily increasing levels of livestock production, making this sub-sector one of the fastest-growing in agriculture. Furthermore evidence shows that livestock provide a vital contribution to livelihoods, income and nutrition of the rural poor. Yet expansion of the livestock sector is linked with challenging problems, such as the risks of infectious animal diseases especially those that may infect humans, and potential environmental impacts. Hence despite the important contributions of private sector producers, traders and distributors, there is a continuing need for public sector policies, institutions and controls. The preparation of a Livestock Sector Review is a valuable tool in the design of policies for animal production, health and disease control, marketing and trade. Based on experience of such studies, in many developing countries, these guidelines provide indications of tried and tested approaches, analytical tools, contents, and deli very methods for the presentation of livestock sector reviews. Five main sections provide recommendations on:i) the purpose of livestock sector reviews - reconciling different socialobjectives, review requirements and resource constraints;ii) core content of the review - key components and recommendations;iii) analysis of specific issues - covering specialist topics not included in all reviews;iv) conclusions - future investment and policy options and action plans and v) data, information and analytical tools - covering data recovery and methods of analysis.The guidelines provide an essential reference for recruiting officers, responsible for drafting Terms of Reference for reviews, FAO consultants who would appreciate a checklist, young professionals and other livestock or social science specialists who have not previously conducted a sector review.