?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F7346%2F&rft.title=Improving+food+security%2C+nutrition+and+incomes%3A+the+contribution+of+small+stock&rft.creator=Van+Rooyen%2C+A+F&rft.creator=Homann-Kee+Tui%2C+S&rft.creator=Masikate%2C+P&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.description=Despite+years+of+work%2C+the+development+indicators+relating+to+sub-Saharan+Africa+(SSA)+often%0D%0Adisappoint.+For+example%2C+the+highest+incidence+of+undernourishment+in+the+world+occurs+in+SSA%0D%0Awhere+one+out+of+every+three+people+suffers+from+chronic+hunger+(WDR%2C+2007).+Per+capita+food%0D%0Aconsumption+in+SSA+is+on+the+decline+(Shapouri+et+al.%2C+1999).+Sub-Saharan+Africa+is+the+only+region+in%0D%0Athe+world+where+the+number+of+rural+poor+is+on+the+rise+(WDR%2C+2007).%0D%0AThe+majority+(86%25)+of+SSA%E2%80%99s+combined+population+of+200+million+relies+on+the+agriculture+sector.%0D%0ATherefore%2C+it+is+no+surprise+that+we+look+to+this+sector+to+provide+solutions+to+the+issues+of+chronic%0D%0Apoverty%2C+food+insecurity%2C+and+malnutrition.+Improvements+here+have+the+possibility+of+impacting%0D%0Amillions.+This+brief+looks+at+the+contribution+that+livestock%2C+small+stock+in+particular%2C+can+make%0D%0Atowards+achieving+food+and+nutritional+security+and+improving+social+wellbeing+in+southern+Africa.&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=2013&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F7346%2F1%2FImproving-food-security_2013.pdf&rft.identifier=++Van+Rooyen%2C+A+F+and+Homann-Kee+Tui%2C+S+and+Masikate%2C+P++(2013)+Improving+food+security%2C+nutrition+and+incomes%3A+the+contribution+of+small+stock.++Documentation.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics%2C+Patancheru%2C+Andhra+Pradesh%2C+India.+++++