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Improving food security, nutrition and incomes: the contribution of small stock

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Title Improving food security, nutrition and incomes: the contribution of small stock
 
Creator van Rooyen, Andre
 
Contributor Homann-Kee Tui, Sabine
Masikati, Patricia
 
Description Despite years of work, the development indicators relating to subSaharan
Africa (SSA) often disappoint. For example, the highest
incidence of undernourishment in the world occurs in SSA where one out of every three people suffers from chronic hunger (WDR,
2007). Per capita food consumption in SSA is on the decline (Shapouri et al., 1999). SubSaharan
Africa is the only region in the world
where the number of rural poor is on the rise (WDR, 2007). The majority (86%) of SSA’s combined population of 200 million relies on
the agriculture sector. Therefore, it is no surprise that we look to this sector to provide solutions to the issues of chronic poverty, food
insecurity, and malnutrition. Improvements here have the possibility of impacting millions. This brief looks at the contribution that
livestock, small stock in particular, can make towards achieving food and nutritional security and improving social wellbeing in southern
Africa
 
Date 2013-03-31
2017-01-05T19:42:05Z
2017-01-05T19:42:05Z
 
Type Brochure
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/7346
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Andre van Rooyen, Sabine Homann-Kee Tui, Patricia Masikati. (31/3/2013). Improving food security, nutrition and incomes: the contribution of small stock. Hyderabad, India: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/5265
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Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-4.0
 
Format PDF
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)