A review of the contribution of livestock to food security, poverty alleviation and environmental sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa
This paper reviews the empirical evidence on the contribution of livestock to aggregate food supply, farm income, human nutrition, and to the environmental sustainability. It is divided in sections. The first section examines trends in livestock demand and supply and their projections to 2020. The s...
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Ethiopian Society of Animal Production
2000
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| author | Ehui, Simeon K. |
| author_browse | Ehui, Simeon K. |
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| description | This paper reviews the empirical evidence on the contribution of livestock to aggregate food supply, farm income, human nutrition, and to the environmental sustainability. It is divided in sections. The first section examines trends in livestock demand and supply and their projections to 2020. The second section presents the role of livestock as a source of income, food and nutrient supplies. The implications for poverty alleviation are derived from this section. The last section addresses the linkages between livestock and the environment. |
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| spelling | CGSpace501082016-03-21T22:17:49Z A review of the contribution of livestock to food security, poverty alleviation and environmental sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa Ehui, Simeon K. livestock food security poverty environment sustainability demand supply income consumption meat milk This paper reviews the empirical evidence on the contribution of livestock to aggregate food supply, farm income, human nutrition, and to the environmental sustainability. It is divided in sections. The first section examines trends in livestock demand and supply and their projections to 2020. The second section presents the role of livestock as a source of income, food and nutrient supplies. The implications for poverty alleviation are derived from this section. The last section addresses the linkages between livestock and the environment. 2000 2014-10-31T06:08:48Z 2014-10-31T06:08:48Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50108 en Limited Access Ethiopian Society of Animal Production |
| spellingShingle | livestock food security poverty environment sustainability demand supply income consumption meat milk Ehui, Simeon K. A review of the contribution of livestock to food security, poverty alleviation and environmental sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title | A review of the contribution of livestock to food security, poverty alleviation and environmental sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full | A review of the contribution of livestock to food security, poverty alleviation and environmental sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_fullStr | A review of the contribution of livestock to food security, poverty alleviation and environmental sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | A review of the contribution of livestock to food security, poverty alleviation and environmental sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_short | A review of the contribution of livestock to food security, poverty alleviation and environmental sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_sort | review of the contribution of livestock to food security poverty alleviation and environmental sustainability in sub saharan africa |
| topic | livestock food security poverty environment sustainability demand supply income consumption meat milk |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50108 |
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