Livestock and food security in smallholder production systems in Africa: Beyond meat and milk
Today, about 800 million people experience hunger and malnutrition. The major underlying factors include inadequate food supply due to inadequate production and distribution, and low incomes. animal agriculture is crucial to the enhancement of food security and sustainable agricultural Development i...
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South African Society of Animal Science
1996
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50794 |
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| author | Lebbie, S.H.B. |
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| description | Today, about 800 million people experience hunger and malnutrition. The major underlying factors include inadequate food supply due to inadequate production and distribution, and low incomes. animal agriculture is crucial to the enhancement of food security and sustainable agricultural Development in Africa and in the rest of the "developing" world. Livestock provide high quality food in the form of meat, milk and eggs. Above these, they contribute to food production through nutrient cycling and use of draught power for crop production; they provide opportunities for employment and earning cash income; they meet the socio-cultural needs of the people who keep them. The multiple functions of livestock have, however, not been fully recognised as a result of cultural prejudices and lack of understanding. These prejudices manifest themselves in the criticism against animal agriculture and the declining international support for animal agriculture in the developing world, especially in SSA. This situation needs to be reversed, and needs to be done quickly, because the livelihood of majority of resource poor people in the developing countries depends on sustainable animal agriculture. |
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| spelling | CGSpace507942021-08-08T16:40:55Z Livestock and food security in smallholder production systems in Africa: Beyond meat and milk Lebbie, S.H.B. small farms food security production systems livestock meat milk Today, about 800 million people experience hunger and malnutrition. The major underlying factors include inadequate food supply due to inadequate production and distribution, and low incomes. animal agriculture is crucial to the enhancement of food security and sustainable agricultural Development in Africa and in the rest of the "developing" world. Livestock provide high quality food in the form of meat, milk and eggs. Above these, they contribute to food production through nutrient cycling and use of draught power for crop production; they provide opportunities for employment and earning cash income; they meet the socio-cultural needs of the people who keep them. The multiple functions of livestock have, however, not been fully recognised as a result of cultural prejudices and lack of understanding. These prejudices manifest themselves in the criticism against animal agriculture and the declining international support for animal agriculture in the developing world, especially in SSA. This situation needs to be reversed, and needs to be done quickly, because the livelihood of majority of resource poor people in the developing countries depends on sustainable animal agriculture. 1996 2014-10-31T06:21:40Z 2014-10-31T06:21:40Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50794 en Limited Access South African Society of Animal Science |
| spellingShingle | small farms food security production systems livestock meat milk Lebbie, S.H.B. Livestock and food security in smallholder production systems in Africa: Beyond meat and milk |
| title | Livestock and food security in smallholder production systems in Africa: Beyond meat and milk |
| title_full | Livestock and food security in smallholder production systems in Africa: Beyond meat and milk |
| title_fullStr | Livestock and food security in smallholder production systems in Africa: Beyond meat and milk |
| title_full_unstemmed | Livestock and food security in smallholder production systems in Africa: Beyond meat and milk |
| title_short | Livestock and food security in smallholder production systems in Africa: Beyond meat and milk |
| title_sort | livestock and food security in smallholder production systems in africa beyond meat and milk |
| topic | small farms food security production systems livestock meat milk |
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