eprintid: 7346
rev_number: 13
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datestamp: 2014-01-21 09:37:06
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type: monograph
metadata_visibility: show
contact_email: Library-ICRISAT@cgiar.org
creators_name: Van Rooyen, A F
creators_name: Homann-Kee Tui, S
creators_name: Masikate, P
icrisatcreators_name: Van Rooyen, A F
icrisatcreators_name: Homann-Kee Tui, S
icrisatcreators_name: Masikate, P
affiliation: ICRISAT(Bulawayo)
affiliation: ICRISAT(Nairobi)
country: Zimbabwe
country: Kenya
title: Improving food security, nutrition and incomes: the contribution of small stock
ispublished: pub
subjects: s2.4
full_text_status: public
monograph_type: documentation
abstract: Despite years of work, the development indicators relating to sub-Saharan 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). Sub-Saharan 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
date_type: published
publisher: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
place_of_pub: Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India
pages: 4
institution: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
department: RP – Markets, Institutions and Policies
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related_url_type: pub
citation:   Van Rooyen, A F and Homann-Kee Tui, S and Masikate, P  (2013) Improving food security, nutrition and incomes: the contribution of small stock.  Documentation. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India.     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/7346/1/Improving-food-security_2013.pdf