CAMILLA TOULMlN
LPU WORKING PAPER No. 9
DECEMBER 1985
INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK CENTRE FOR AFRICA (ILCA) ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA
LPU
In 1982 the International Livestock Centre for Africa (ILCA) established a Livestock Policy Unit (LPU).
The objectives of the LPU are:
1. To heighten the awareness in African governments and in other organizations of the importance of livestock policy issues.2. To collate in an easily assimilable form what is already known about policy issues and to present it to policy makers.
3. To carry out research of its own (including that commissioned from consultants) on priority livestock policy issues and to present the results to policy makers.
4. To encourage others to carry out similar research and to assist in presenting their results to policy makers.
LPU Working Papers
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This is an LPU working paper. It has not been prepared in accordance with procedures appropriate to formal printed texts, and ILCA accepts no responsibility for errors. Both data and ideas are subject to revision. The views and interpretations in this document are those of the author and should not be attributed to ILCA. ILCA however retains copyright and reserves all other rights.
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The meaning of rehabilitation
Drought vulnerability and reserves
Chapter 2 - The effects of drought
Effects of drought on the pastoral sector
Effects of drought on the farming sector.
The coincidence of livestock and arable droughts.
The macro-economic impact of drought.
Chapter 3 - Reconstitution and rehabilitation
Rehabilitation of the pastoral sector in the absence of outside intervention.
The reconstitution of the Sahelian livestock sector after the 1968-73 drought
Herders' options for herd reconstitution
The effectiveness of herders' options
Rehabilitation of the farm sector in the absence of outside intervention
Farmers options
How long does it take the farming sector to recover?
Chapter 4 - Comparing the impact of policy measures
Chapter 5 - Examples of policy interventions
Herd reconstitution
Draft power reconstitution
Supplementary feeding of livestock to raise productivity.