Description: Mali - A Participatory Approach to Livestock Development

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Mali - A Participatory Approach to Livestock Development

The livestock sector in Mali accounts for 43 percent of cattle exports in the Sahel sub-region. However, while the sub-sector accounted for 28.6 percent of agriculture's contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), investment in it amounted t...

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Main Authors:	Metzel, Jeffrey, Menudier, N.
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURE ANIMAL ANIMAL FEED BUDGET ALLOCATION CATTLE CATTLE EXPORTS CITIES COMMODITY COMPETITIVENESS CROPS DATA COLLECTION DECENTRALIZATION DRY SEASON E-MAIL ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EQUIPMENT EXTENSION FARM FARMERS FATTENING FORAGE FORAGE PRODUCTION GENETIC IMPROVEMENT GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HERDERS HERDS INFRASTRUCTURE OPERATION INSTALLATIONS KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS LAND TENURE LITERACY LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK COMMODITIES LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT LIVESTOCK MARKETING LIVESTOCK SECTOR MARKET INFORMATION MARKET PRICES NATIONAL POLICIES NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NGOS PARTICIPATORY APPROACH PARTICIPATORY PROCESS PARTICIPATORY TECHNIQUES PASTORAL COMMUNITIES PASTORAL ORGANIZATION PASTORAL ORGANIZATIONS PASTORAL PROGRAM PASTORALISTS POLICY FORMULATION POLITICAL POWER PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRAMS PROGRESS QUALITATIVE INFORMATION RADIO RANGELAND RANGELANDS RED MEAT RESULTS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE SLAUGHTERING SOCIAL ISSUES SOCIAL SCIENCES TECHNICAL STAFF TRAINING WORKSHOPS VETERINARY VETERINARY SERVICES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1997/09/12862023/mali-participatory-approach-livestock-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9920

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Summary:	The livestock sector in Mali accounts for 43 percent of cattle exports in the Sahel sub-region. However, while the sub-sector accounted for 28.6 percent of agriculture's contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), investment in it amounted to only 10.7 percent of the total budget allocation to rural development. The African Financial Community (CFA) devaluation in January 1994 increased the competitiveness of red meat from Sahelian countries (including Mali) bound for coastal importing countries (Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo). However, well before the devaluation, a major policy shift on the part of the Malian government emphasized the decentralization of political power and investment decisions. As part of this initiative, the government requested the World Bank's support on initiating a participatory process of policy formulation for the red meat sub-sector.