Livestock Services and the Poor: A global initiative - IFAD

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Figures
Figure 1.1 The poverty cycle among poor livestock keepers 4
Figure 1.2 Rank of best investments 14
Figure 1.3 Rank of income sources 15
Figure 1.4 Main livestock problems 31
Figure 2.1 The multifaceted advantages of producer and
community organizations 55
Figure 3.1 IFAD framework and strategic objectives 66
Boxes
Box 1.1 Livestock systems in Koraput district 11
Box 1.2 Lucia, a widow in western Mexico 15
Box 1.3 Introduction of zero-grazed dual-purpose goats on farms
in the United Republic of Tanzania 18
Box 1.4 Nandi people of Kenya 26
Box 1.5 Farmers’ perceptions of farming systems in Bolivia 32
Box 1.6 Women as community-link workers in the ILDP
in Koraput, Orissa 38
Box 1.7 Dairy animals and poverty reduction among women,
Ganjam district, Orissa 40
Box 2.1 The Danish case: increasing livestock productivity through
advisory services 47
Box 2.2 Law of Popular Participation in Bolivia 49
Box 2.3 Perceptions of participation 50
Box 2.4 Transaction costs of the delivery of services to the poor 51
Box 2.5 Poultry model in Bangladesh 53
Box 2.6 Learning lessons about poultry vaccinations in
the Bastar ILDP, India 59
Box 3.1 Livestock extension services for women in Pakistan 70
Box 3.2 Five biases in livestock extension in India 71
Box 3.3 Farmers field schools for integrated pest management
in Indonesia 74
Box 3.4 Livestock component in Cambodian food security
programme 75