How good are livestock statistics in Africa?
Livestock supports the livelihoods of around one billion people in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) (Thorne and Conroy 2017, Baltenweck et al. 2020). However, growth and productivity of the livestock sector in many LMICs are not keeping pace with the increasing demand for animal-source foods...
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| author | Abay, Kibrom A. Ayalew, Hailemariam Terfa, Zelalem Karugia, Joseph Breisinger, Clemens |
| author_browse | Abay, Kibrom A. Ayalew, Hailemariam Breisinger, Clemens Karugia, Joseph Terfa, Zelalem |
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| description | Livestock supports the livelihoods of around one billion people in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) (Thorne and Conroy 2017, Baltenweck et al. 2020). However, growth and productivity of the livestock sector in many LMICs are not keeping pace with the increasing demand for animal-source foods. Boosting the sector’s productivity is crucial for poverty reduction in LMICs, which continue to face multifaceted challenges and shocks that threaten the sustainability of food systems. This, in turn, requires reliable livestock data for informing livestock policies and investments. However, there is a significant gap in the quality and reliability of livestock data, which inhibits evaluations of the livestock sector’s role in livelihoods and national economies and therefore impedes evidence-based livestock policies and investments. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1756282025-11-06T21:50:54Z How good are livestock statistics in Africa? Abay, Kibrom A. Ayalew, Hailemariam Terfa, Zelalem Karugia, Joseph Breisinger, Clemens livestock livelihoods productivity poverty reduction Livestock supports the livelihoods of around one billion people in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) (Thorne and Conroy 2017, Baltenweck et al. 2020). However, growth and productivity of the livestock sector in many LMICs are not keeping pace with the increasing demand for animal-source foods. Boosting the sector’s productivity is crucial for poverty reduction in LMICs, which continue to face multifaceted challenges and shocks that threaten the sustainability of food systems. This, in turn, requires reliable livestock data for informing livestock policies and investments. However, there is a significant gap in the quality and reliability of livestock data, which inhibits evaluations of the livestock sector’s role in livelihoods and national economies and therefore impedes evidence-based livestock policies and investments. 2025-07-08 2025-07-14T15:46:59Z 2025-07-14T15:46:59Z Opinion Piece https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175628 en https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2025.103532 https://www.ifpri.org/blog/how-good-are-livestock-statistics-in-africa-evidence-from-ethiopia/ Open Access VoxDev Abay, Kibrom A.; Ayalew, Hailemariam; Terfa, Zelalem; Karugia, Joseph; and Breisinger, Clemens. 2025. How good are livestock statistics in Africa? VoxDev. First available online July 8, 2025. https://voxdev.org/topic/methods-measurement/how-good-are-livestock-statistics-africa |
| spellingShingle | livestock livelihoods productivity poverty reduction Abay, Kibrom A. Ayalew, Hailemariam Terfa, Zelalem Karugia, Joseph Breisinger, Clemens How good are livestock statistics in Africa? |
| title | How good are livestock statistics in Africa? |
| title_full | How good are livestock statistics in Africa? |
| title_fullStr | How good are livestock statistics in Africa? |
| title_full_unstemmed | How good are livestock statistics in Africa? |
| title_short | How good are livestock statistics in Africa? |
| title_sort | how good are livestock statistics in africa |
| topic | livestock livelihoods productivity poverty reduction |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175628 |
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