Protecting livestock, protecting livelihoods: the Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS)

Livestock, livelihoods and vulnerability in Lesotho, Malawi and Zambia: Designing livestock interventions for emergency situations

Livestock and livelihoods: Development goals and indicators applied to Senegal

In this report, we present a series of empirical techniques to examine linkage between livestock and livelihood, using data from Senegal, a West African economy with high levels of smallholder poverty and livestock dependence. Our results for this country show that livestock dependent populations are more likely to be poor and the severity of their poverty is greater, yet the same reliance on l...

Protecting the public through professional standards.

Organic livestock production standards at a glance

● lower stocking densities and production levels than in conventional systems (stocking densities on dairy farms on average 80% lower; on beef and sheep farms 40-80% lower). Organic certification Definitions of ‘organic’ farming vary internationally. Many countries operate national or ‘private’ standards, which do not have statutory status. The International Federation of Organic Farming Moveme...

Drought, livestock and livelihoods: lessons from the 1999–2001 emergency response in the pastoral sector in Kenya

The livestock intervention programme that took place during the 1999-2001 drought in Kenya's pastoral areas was the largest the country had ever seen. Donors made more funds available than ever before; more types of intervention were carried out; more agencies were involved in implementing programmes; a larger geographical area was covered; and coordination at national level was more extensive ...