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The growing demand for livestock: will policy and institutional changes benefit poor people?

As global demand for meat and milk increases, many policies focus on
promoting international trade in livestock and livestock products. How
does this affect the community-based livestock services that poor people
use, and who will benefit from the expanding global markets?
http://www.id21.org/insights/insights72/art00.html

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Enhancing women’s access and ownership of livestock

In many developing countries, women provide much of the labour for
livestock tasks. Yet their role in livestock production has been
undervalued by policymakers and research on this issue widely ignored.
http://www.id21.org/insights/insights72/art01.html

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Supporting livestock-centred livelihoods: what can NGOs do?

As donors increasingly favour direct budget support to deliver aid
programmes, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have an important role to play. They not only support grassroots innovations in the livestock
sector, but can also use lessons from these to influence national policies.
http://www.id21.org/insights/insights72/art02.html

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Do higher meat and milk prices adversely affect poor people?

The prices of meats, milk and cereals are expected to increase in the
coming decades, dramatically reversing past trends. This is driven by
increasing demands for food. Although higher prices can benefit
agricultural producers, a larger number of poor consumers will have
reduced access to food.
http://www.id21.org/insights/insights72/art04.html

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Meat and milk: developing countries and the global livestock trade

The global demand for meat and milk is growing, as populations increase
and incomes rise. Retailers and fast food outlets are benefiting but is
this growth reducing poverty in developing countries?
http://www.id21.org/insights/insights72/art05.html

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Commercial destocking: a livelihood-based drought response in southern Ethiopia

The 2006 drought in the Greater Horn of Africa affected 11 million
people, including many pastoralists. Drought responses focused primarily
on food aid, with inadequate attention given to livelihood protection
and support.
http://www.id21.org/insights/insights72/art06.html

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Is pastoralism a viable livelihood option?

Debates about the future of pastoralism are re-emerging in the Greater
Horn of Africa. Are there too many people and too few livestock? Should
pastoralists pursue alternative market-based livelihoods, or can better
policies help to maintain pastoral systems?
http://www.id21.org/insights/insights72/art07.html

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