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Livestock Sector Policies and Programmes in Developing Countries A Menu for Practitioners
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Livestock Sector Policies and Programmes in Developing Countries A Menu for Practitioners

Pica-Ciamarra, Ugo; Otte, Joachim; Martini, Chiara; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Staff; Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative Staff
ISBN-10: 9251065438
ISBN-13: 9789251065433

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The livestock sector contributes to the livelihoods of an estimated 70 percent of the world's rural poor. The increasing demand for animal protein in low and middle income countries provides an opportunity for the poor to improve their livelihoods. However, the nature of livestock farming is determined by policy and institutional frameworks that rarely favour the poor.
Launched in 2001 by FAO, the Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative (PPLPI) facilitates and supports the formulation and implementation of livestock-related policies and institutional changes that have a positive impact on the world's poor. This publication comprises a user-friendly, non technical compilation of livestock sector policies/programmes, including case studies, to assist policy makers and development practitioners in formulating and implementing plans for institutional reforms and livestock sector-related policies that will benefit livestock farmers in particular and, in general, all stakeholders along the value chain.
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Tables and boxes
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and acronyms
Pro-Poor Livestock Sector Policies and Programmes
Rationale for the Livestock Policy Menu
Focus and structure of the Livestock Sector Policy Menu
Managing the Basics of Livestock Production
Land policies and programmes
State-led land reallocation
Market-driven land reform
Regulation of land rental markets
Land titling
Recognition of customary land tenure
Land co-management
Risk-coping policies and programmes
Livestock insurance
Early warning systems
Contingency plans
Emergency feeding
Grazing reserves
De-stocking
Re-stocking
Enhancing Livestock Productivity
Animal health services and veterinary supplies: policies and programmes
Decentralization
Cost recovery of animal health services
Joint human-animal health systems -
Subcontracting
'Smart subsidies' to private service providers
Community animal health workers
Membership-based organizations
'Smart subsidies' to livestock farmers
Livestock-related financial policies and programmes
Portfolio diversification and flexibility
Livestock as collateral for loans
Warehouse receipt systems
Mobile banking
Branchless banking
Member-based financial institutions
Credit bureaus and scoring
Marketing policies and programmes
Livestock trader associations
Livestock brokers or commission agents
Periodic markets
Marketed-oriented farmer associations
Contract farming
Market information systems
Commodity exchanges
Livestock trade policies and programmes
Export support measures
Import restriction measures
Export restriction measures
Sanitary and phytosanitary standards
Disease-free export zones
Commodity-based trade
Trade-enhancing infrastructure investments
Quarantine zones
Sustaining Livestock Productivity
Livestock research policies and programmes
Decentralization
Matching research grants
Levy-funded research
Competitive research funds
Strengthening intellectual property rights
Participatory livestock research
Livestock-environment policies and programmes
Controlled grazing
Co-management of common pastures
Livestock zoning
Discharge quotas
Payments for environmental services
Marketing of environmental goods
Environmental taxes
References

Edition: 2010
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Binding: Trade Cloth
Pages: 162
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.03 lbs.
Language: English

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