Sustainable and productive farming systems

The livestock sector--POINTS TO PONDER--

Jimmy Smith

Rosegrant et al. 2009

POINT # 1: Demand-driven ‘livestock revolution’ is on-going

POINT # 2: Did you know 7of 9 highest value commodities are livestock? (40% of Ag GDP)

POINT # 3: Livestock in developing world –Small holders are crucial

Population: 18.5 billion domestic animals -70% of global population

Asset value: $1.4 trillion Livelihood: For over 1b people (more than 60% are women)Food and nutrition security: 17%

global kilocalories; 33% protein; Other: >50% of soil fertility

amendments in poor countries

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POINT # 4: Growth is occurring in evey region (2000 – 2030)

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FAO, 2012

80% livestock products sold in informal markets and small farms

POINT # 5: Small holders, mostly women, can contribute more in Africa

Density of poor livestock keepers

People: 300 million people earning <$2 a day depend on livestock: Livestock : Cattle: 240 million head (16% of global total) Pigs : 25 million (3%); Poultry 1.5 billion (8%); Sheep & goats: 500 million (25%)

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Density of poor livestock keepers

ILRI, 2012

POINT # 6: Crop-livestock systems dominate

Herrero et al. 2009

POINT # 9: Productivity gaps are large and constraints are many

Up to 130% for beef, 430% for milk, even among existing breeds.

Estimates suggest 50−70% deficits in feed relative to genetic potential

Animal diseases cause high morbidity and mortality rates

Risk and vulnerability high in dry areas

CARBON FOOTPRINT PER UNIT OF PRODUCT CAN BE CUT BY INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY

Strategic Cross-cutting Platforms• Technology Generation• Market Innovation• Targeting & Impact

Inputs & Services Production Processing Marketing Consumers

R4D integrated to transform selected value chains In targeted commodities and countries.

Value chain development team + research partners

GLOBAL RESEARCH PUBLIC GOODS

INTERVENTIONS TO SCALE OUT REGIONALLY

Major intervention with development partners

POINT # 8: Solution driven and transformative R4D requires novel partnerships

Key messages Livestock sector growth is taking place world wide and

is demand led

Small holders –particularly women, can increased their participation if enabled: benefits would be food and nutrition security, poverty reduction and economic growth

R & D partnerships are required to promote the appropriate policy and institutional environment, facilitate access to markets and close productivity gaps

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ResearchBiophysical research

• Increasing productivity (feed-breed-health)• Protecting livestock assets –vaccines, insurance• Livestock and the environment – in both directions (PES)

Institutional• Conducive policies• Equitable, gender sensitive market and service provision

models• Business enterprise models• Evidence to guide public and private sector roles and

investments in livestock

Systems transition• Better understanding of crop-livestock systems dynamics• Plausible futures analysis/modeling to inform policy and

investment options

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To eat or not to eat . . .meat, milk and fish

1 billion undernourished

2 billionoverweight

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