Sustainable and productive farming systems: The livestock sector- Dr Jimmy Smith, Director General, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

1. Sustainable and productive
farming systems
The livestock sector
--POINTS TO PONDER--
Jimmy Smith

2. POINT # 1: Demand-driven ‘livestock revolution’
is on-going
Rosegrant et al. 2009

3. POINT # 2: Did you know 7of 9 highest value
commodities are livestock? (40% of Ag GDP)

4. POINT # 3: Livestock in developing world –
Small holders are crucial
Population: 18.5 billion domestic
animals -70% of global population
Asset value: $1.4 trillion
Livelihood: For over 1b people
(more than 60% are women)
Food and nutrition security: 17%
global kilocalories; 33% protein;
Other: >50% of soil fertility
amendments in poor countries
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5. POINT # 4: Growth is occurring in evey region
(2000 – 2030)
80% livestock products sold in informal 5
markets and small farms FAO, 2012

6. POINT # 5: Small holders, mostly women, can
contribute more in Africa
People: 300 million people earning <$2 a day depend on livestock:
Livestock : Cattle: 240 million head (16% of global total) Pigs : 25 million
(3%); Poultry 1.5 billion (8%); Sheep & goats: 500 million (25%)
0 or no data
Density of
poor livestock
keepers Density of poor ILRI, 2012
livestock keepers

7. POINT # 6: Crop-livestock systems dominate
Herrero et al. 2009

8. POINT # 9: Productivity gaps are large and
constraints are many
Up to 130% for beef, 430% for
milk, even among existing breeds.
Estimates suggest 50−70% deficits in
feed relative to genetic potential
Animal diseases cause high morbidity
and mortality rates
Risk and vulnerability high in dry areas
CARBON FOOTPRINT PER UNIT OF
PRODUCT CAN BE CUT BY INCREASING
PRODUCTIVITY

9. POINT # 8: Solution driven and transformative
R4D requires novel partnerships
R4D integrated to transform selected value chains
In targeted commodities and countries.
Consumers
Major intervention with development partners
Value chain development team + research partners
Strategic Cross-cutting Platforms
• Technology Generation
• Market Innovation
• Targeting & Impact
INTERVENTIONS TO GLOBAL RESEARCH
SCALE OUT REGIONALLY PUBLIC GOODS

10. Key messages
 Livestock sector growth is taking place world wide and
is demand led
 Small holders –particularly women, can increased their
participation if enabled: benefits would be food and
nutrition security, poverty reduction and economic
growth
 R & D partnerships are required to promote the
appropriate policy and institutional environment,
facilitate access to markets and close productivity gaps
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11. Research
Biophysical research
• Increasing productivity (feed-breed-health)
• Protecting livestock assets –vaccines, insurance
• Livestock and the environment – in both directions (PES)
Institutional
• Conducive policies
• Equitable, gender sensitive market and service provision
models
• Business enterprise models
• Evidence to guide public and private sector roles and
investments in livestock
Systems transition
• Better understanding of crop-livestock systems dynamics
• Plausible futures analysis/modeling to inform policy and
investment options

12. To eat or not to eat . . .
meat, milk and fish
1 billion 2 billion
undernourished overweight

13. THANK YOU
THANK YOU