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Chapter 8 – <strong>Dairy</strong>-<strong>in</strong>dustry development programmes: Their role <strong>in</strong> food [...] 345<br />

Box 8.6 (cont<strong>in</strong>ued)<br />

The key lessons of this project for<br />

smallholder dairy<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> the environment<br />

are as follows:<br />

• <strong>Dairy</strong><strong>in</strong>g can help lift smallholder<br />

households out of poverty.<br />

• Community-based pro-poor dairy<br />

<strong>in</strong>itiatives provide an effective entry<br />

po<strong>in</strong>t for improv<strong>in</strong>g family household<br />

nutrition while susta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the<br />

environment that can be replicated<br />

<strong>in</strong> similar conditions.<br />

• These types of model should be promoted<br />

<strong>and</strong> adopted under national<br />

strategies for accelerated poverty<br />

reduction <strong>and</strong> national livestock<br />

policies (as they are <strong>in</strong> Bangladesh).<br />

<strong>Milk</strong> contribut<strong>in</strong>g to <strong>in</strong>come<br />

<strong>and</strong> good nutrition<br />

©<strong>FAO</strong>/G. DIANA<br />

Women receiv<strong>in</strong>g goats<br />

Women cook<strong>in</strong>g<br />

on an improved stove<br />

courtesy OF heifer <strong>in</strong>ternational courtesy OF heifer <strong>in</strong>ternational<br />

The agro-ecologically friendly model is currently be<strong>in</strong>g scaled-up <strong>and</strong> out to other poor<br />

regions <strong>in</strong> Bangladesh.<br />

* Source: Dugdill, 2007.

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