Locating poor livestock keepers at the global level for research and development targeting

Many research and development agencies are committed to halving the number of people living in extreme poverty by 2015. Knowledge of where the poor are, and what characterises them, is patchy at best. Here we describe a global livestock and poverty mapping study designed to assist in targeting resea...

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Published in:Land use policy 2003-10, Vol.20 (4), p.311-322
Main Authors: Thornton, P.K, Kruska, R.L, Henninger, N, Kristjanson, P.M, Reid, R.S, Robinson, T.P
Format: Article
Language:English
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Classification
Global
Livestock
Mapping
Poverty
System
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Summary:Many research and development agencies are committed to halving the number of people living in extreme poverty by 2015. Knowledge of where the poor are, and what characterises them, is patchy at best. Here we describe a global livestock and poverty mapping study designed to assist in targeting research and development activities concerning livestock. Estimates of the numbers of poor livestock keepers by production system and region are presented. While these estimates suffer from various problems, improvements in global databases are critical to improve the targeting of interventions that can meet the challenges posed by poverty and to chart progress against international development indicators.
ISSN:0264-8377
1873-5754
DOI:10.1016/S0264-8377(03)00034-6