Livestock Research to Reduce Poverty and Enhance Resilience
1. John McPeak
Department of Public Administration and International Affairs
Syracuse University
Animal Agri-Food Systems breakout session
Livestock Research to Reduce Poverty and Enhance Resilience
3. Importance of Livestock in Coping with
Shocks
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
Sell animals
Household resources, practices, strategies
Seek financial help
Eat less
Sell / trade cash crop for grains
Labor migration
Artisinal task / local economy
Normalized rank of response to harvest 25% of needs
Survey results from Niger and Mali 2008-9
4. Two paths to resilience
• Preserve, protect, enhance mobility for the
extensive grazing system
6. Very thin Thin Moderate Fat
Goat
278 ETB
($16.35)
399 ETB
($23.47)
681 ETB
($40.06)
896 ETB
($52.71)
With respect to moderate -59% -41% -- 32%
Sheep
226 ETB
($13.29)
324 ETB
($19.06)
556 ETB
($32.71)
729 ETB
($42.88)
With respect to moderate -59% -42% -- 31%
Average smallstock prices, Dubuluk market Ethiopia July 2010-July 2012 in Birr, 1 USD July 2012 corresponds to around 17 Birr.
Second Path : Intensification
7. Link to Index Based Livestock
Insurance (IBLI)
• Much less expensive to keep animals alive than to
replace them.
• Premiums go down, adoption goes up?
• Market for fodder in good years (fattening)
• Market for fodder in bad years (insurance)
• How to make sure there is a supply?
• What are the different options out there?