Population growth and urbanisation are driving a livestock revolution. Mixed farming systems are the present and the foreseeable future of West African livestock systems, with concurrent changes in livestock feeding systems and the role of grazing, fodder and penning. The livestock economy has to be seen as part of a national economy in which urban and rural facets interact. Effective policies need to be based on recognition of the capacity of rural people to invest in improving their livelihoods.
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Library ResourceJanuary, 2001Senegal, Niger, Nigeria, Kenya, Sub-Saharan Africa
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2001Kenya, Africa, Eastern Africa
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMarch, 2001Africa, Eastern Africa
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2001Kenya, Africa, Eastern Africa
A conceptual framework for evaluating cross-breeding programmes in sub-Saharan Africa is developed based on a Kenyan case study. It depicts livestock production as a system where farm animals, plants, land and water are interlinked in particular ways and are also interlinked with the environment. Depending on the level of intensification and `modernisation', two livestock systems are defined. The first is the traditional livestock production system in which farm animals, plants, land and water are interlinked in a sustainable way with each component complementing the other.
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