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Livestock Services and the Poor: A global initiative - IFAD

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The overall conclusion of this review is that livestock development represents<br />

a promising opportunity to reduce poverty in many developing countries, but<br />

that livestock development programmes <strong>and</strong> services do not enable poor<br />

livestock keepers vigorously to take advantage of this opportunity properly.<br />

Policies <strong>and</strong> practices must be changed to provide livestock services that are<br />

appropriate for <strong>the</strong> poor. Several actions are necessary to induce such a<br />

change. These are described in this chapter.<br />

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CHAPTER 4<br />

A first, urgent priority is a better grasp of <strong>the</strong> areas in which livestock<br />

development can most efficiently help reduce poverty. While a general, though<br />

limited underst<strong>and</strong>ing exists of <strong>the</strong> <strong>global</strong> spatial distribution of poor livestock<br />

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