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Prospects for livestock-based livelihoods in Africa's drylands /
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Washington DC :
World Bank Group,
[2016]
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Executive Summary; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction and Conceptual Framework; People and Livestock in the Drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa; The Need for Action; Key Question; Conceptual Framework; Objectives of This Chapter; Organization of the Chapter; Note; Chapter 2 Macroeconomic Aspects of Livestock Production Systems in the Drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa; Introduction; Livestock Production Systems in Dryland Regions of SSA; Notes; Chapter 3 Trends and Drivers of Vulnerability in SSA Drylands; General Features.
- Exposure to ShocksSensitivity to Shocks; Ability to Cope with Shocks; Notes; Chapter 4 Opportunities for Reducing Vulnerability and Enhancing the Sustainability of Livestock Systems; Overall Strategy and Vision; Reducing Exposure to Shocks; Reducing Sensitivity to Shocks; Enhancing the Capacity of Livestock-Keeping Households to Cope with Shocks; Tradeoffs; Challenges; Notes; Chapter 5 Vulnerability and Resilience in Livestock Systems in the Drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa; Introduction; Setting the Scene; Biophysical Modeling; Macroeconomic Implications; Livelihoods.
- Financial and Economic ReturnsNotes; Chapter 6 Summary and Conclusions; Opportunities; Challenges; Need for Realism; Appendix A Technical Parameters Used in Livestock Modeling; Appendix B Livestock and Livestock-Keeping Population Numbers; Appendix C Factors Used to Estimate the Production of Crop Byproducts and Crop Residues and the Share of Biomass Accessible to Livestock; Appendix D Maps of Feed Balances at Pixel Level; Appendix E Relative Feed Balances Under Different Scenarios; Appendix F Absolute Feed Balances Under Different Scenarios; References; Boxes.
- ES. 1 Key Messages Emerging from This Book3.1 Vulnerability and Resilience in the Sahel: Senegal Case Study; 3.2 Coping in Marsabit County, Northern Kenya; 4.1 Natural Resource Governance in Drylands; 4.2 Providing Access Rights to Rangeland Resources in Tanzania; Figures; ES1 Impact of Combined Interventions on the Resilience of Livestock-Keeping Households, 2030 (%); 1.1 Determinants of Vulnerability and Resilience; 2.1 Livestock Productivity, West and East African Dryland Countries versus the World, 1999-2011 (kilogram red meat/TLU/year).
- 3.1 Livestock and Rural Human Population Trends, East Africa, 1960-20113.2 Livestock and Rural Human Population Trends, Sahel Region, 1961-2009; 3.3 Livestock Numbers, Agro-pastoral and Pastoral Systems, Kenya, 1970s to 2000s; 3.4 Annual Variation in Rainfall Index, Sahel, 1900-2010; 3.5 Incidence of Poverty in Pastoral and Agro-pastoral Populations, Sahel Region; 3.6 Protein Yields in Extensive Systems in Mali, United States, and Australia (kilograms per hectare); B.4.1.1 Existence of pastoral territories within a larger landscape; 5.1 Models Used for the Livestock Systems Analysis.