Sustainable livestock management for poverty alleviation and food security /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Katrien E. van't Hooft, Terry S. Wollen, Dilip P. Bhandari
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Cambridge, MA :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
CABI,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2012
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
x, 194 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. ;
Dimensions
26 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Trends in the livestock sector -- Livestock development approaches -- Methodologies, organisations and networks in endogenous livestock development -- Differentiating four livestock production systems -- Livestock keeping systems and poverty -- Characteristics of smallholder low-input & diversified livestock keeping -- Characteristics of smallholder more specialized livestock keeping -- Changing from smallholder low-input & diversified to more specialized livestock keeping -- Recommendations for optimising smallholder low-input & diversified livestock keeping -- Recommendations for optimising smallholder more specialized livestock keeping -- Finding pathways to markets -- Challenges and best practices in livestock development support