Description: Livestock Assets, Livestock Income and Rural Households : Cross-Country Evidence from Household Surveys

Livestock Assets, Livestock Income and Rural Households : Cross-Country Evidence from Household Surveys

This paper investigates the livestock asset positions of rural households and the contribution of livestock to their income in 12 developing countries. It draws on the FAO Rural Income Generating Activities (RIGA) database, which allows cross-count...

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Main Authors:	Pica-Ciamarra, Ugo, Tasciotti, Luca, Otte, Joachim, Zezza, Alberto
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO ASSETS AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ALPACA ANIMAL ANIMAL DISEASES ANIMAL GENETICS ANIMAL PRODUCTION ANIMAL PRODUCTS BEEF BIRDS BODY WEIGHT BREED BREEDING BUFFALO BUFFALOES CASH INCOME CATTLE CATTLE HERD CATTLE PRICES CHICKEN CHICKENS CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CONSUMPTION OF MILK CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING COWS CROP DIVERSIFICATION CROP RESIDUES CULTURAL CHANGE DAIRY DAIRY COWS DAIRY FARMERS DAIRY MARKETING DAIRY PRODUCTION DAIRY PROJECT DAIRY SYSTEMS DEMAND FOR LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS DETERMINANTS DRAFT POWER DRAUGHT ANIMALS DROUGHT ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC GROWTH EGGS EMPLOYMENT GENERATION FARM FARM ANIMALS FARM INCOME FARM PRODUCTIVITY FARM SIZE FARMING SYSTEMS FARMS FATTENING FEED FEEDING FLOCK FLOCK SIZE FLOCKS FODDER FOOD POLICY FOOD SECURITY GLOBAL POVERTY GOATS GUINEA PIGS HERD COMPOSITION HERD SIZE HERDS HIGHLANDS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE INCOME FROM LIVESTOCK INCOME QUINTILE INEQUALITY INSURANCE INSURANCE MARKETS LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS LIVE ANIMALS LIVE WEIGHT LIVELIHOOD STRATEGIES LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK ACTIVITIES LIVESTOCK ASSET LIVESTOCK ASSETS LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT LIVESTOCK FARMING LIVESTOCK FARMS LIVESTOCK INCOME LIVESTOCK INVENTORY LIVESTOCK KEEPING LIVESTOCK MARKETS LIVESTOCK OWNERSHIP LIVESTOCK POLICIES LIVESTOCK POLICY LIVESTOCK POPULATIONS LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION SCIENCE LIVESTOCK PRODUCTIVITY LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS LIVESTOCK RESEARCH LIVESTOCK REVOLUTION LIVESTOCK SECTOR LIVESTOCK SPECIES LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS LIVESTOCK UNITS LIVING STANDARDS MANURE MARKET ACCESS MEAT MIGRATION MILK MILK PRODUCTION MOUNTAIN REGION MOUNTAIN REGIONS NET INCOME NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS PASTORAL AREAS PASTORAL PEOPLES PEACOCK PIGS POOR FARMERS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POOR POPULATION POOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDS POORER HOUSEHOLDS PORK PORK INDUSTRY POULTRY POULTRY FARMS POULTRY INDUSTRY POULTRY SCIENCE POULTRY SECTOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINKAGES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POVERTY THRESHOLD PRODUCTION SYSTEMS RANCHERS REGIONAL OFFICE RISK MANAGEMENT RUMINANTS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL GROWTH RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INCOME RURAL INCOME GENERATION RURAL LIVELIHOODS RURAL LIVESTOCK RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION SAVINGS SHEEP SMALL FARMS SMALL RUMINANTS SMALL-SCALE FARMERS SMALLHOLDER FARMERS SMALLHOLDER LIVESTOCK SMALLHOLDERS SOCIAL CAPITAL TARGETING VETERINARY VETERINARY SERVICES WEALTH GROUPS WEIGHT GAIN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/05/19357465/livestock-assets-livestock-income-rural-households-cross-country-evidence-household-surveys http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17890

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Summary:	This paper investigates the livestock asset positions of rural households and the contribution of livestock to their income in 12 developing countries. It draws on the FAO Rural Income Generating Activities (RIGA) database, which allows cross-country comparisons of household surveys. The majority of rural households keep livestock; the rural poor, defined as those living in rural areas and belonging to the bottom expenditure quintile, are more likely to keep livestock than those in higher quintiles; there are minor differences in herd composition between households, and the contribution of livestock to total income is overall small, with no significant differences across households.

Livestock Assets, Livestock Income and Rural Households : Cross-Country Evidence from Household Surveys

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