Comprehensive Policies and Programmes for Livestock Development in Africa: Problems, Constraints and Necessary Future Action: ALPAN Network Paper no. 5ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD) |
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ACABS actions African countries African governments African livestock agricultural and/or animal diseases animal health services animal production animal resources assistance availability behaviour by-products collective self-reliance communal tenure Comparative Advantage constraints to livestock consumers cost development in Africa development objectives donor agencies drought and disease Economic Community ECOWAS efficient efforts ensure export feeds financial institutions Furthermore grazing land head tax herders herds implementation importing countries improved increase individual producer individual tenure inputs and services intensive production investments livestock development livestock industry livestock sector long-term major constraint manpower marketing and pricing meat and milk meat production medium-term minimize the offtake national and sub-regional national levels neighbouring countries planning process Preferential Trade Area pricing policies production and trade progress project staff projects and programmes public ownership range resources reconcile the objectives reconstitution regional levels regulations rinderpest Sahel sub-regional and regional sub-regional levels tenure system transhumant vaccination Variant veterinarians