Sustaining intensification of smallholder livestock systems in the tropics

By J. McDermott, S. Staal, H. Freeman, Mario Herrero, J. Steeg. 2010

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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Linking agricultural adaptation strategies, food security and vulnerability: evidence from West Africa (2016, positive): “Small ruminants provide insurance and a substantial source of income, and help spread income risk (McDermott et al. 2010).”
LivestockPlus - The sustainable intensification of forage-based agricultural systems to improve livelihoods and ecosystem services in the tropics * (2015, positive): “Improved performance of both crops and animals is essential for sustainable intensification (McDermott et al. 2010).”
Can agriculture support climate change adaptation, greenhouse gas mitigation and rural livelihoods? insights from Kenya (2013, background): “…and practices shows that there are several factors that impede uptake, such as lack of information, risk aversion, lack of access to input and output markets, and lack of financial incentives (Barrett et al. 2002; Ehui and Pender 2005; Lee 2005; Herrero et al. 2010b; McDermott et al. 2010).”
Enhancing innovation in livestock value chains through networks: Lessons from fodder innovation case studies in developing countries (2012, methodology): “Using the value chain tool (Kaplinsky and Morris 2001; McDermott et al. 2010b) the study identifies and assesses site-specific livestock production value chain activities and actors and their roles, production quality standards, and opportunities for improving the chain.”
Biomass use, production, feed efficiencies, and greenhouse gas emissions from global livestock systems (2013, background): “First, in regions with low feed efficiencies and high emission intensities, such as SSA and parts of SAS and LAM, there is significant scope for improving the efficiency of livestock production through improved feeding and management, given the right production incentives, investment, and institutio”
Alternative plant protein sources for pigs and chickens in the tropics – nutritional value and constraints: a review (2012, background): “This is an opportunity for smallholders with livestock, who make up almost 20 % of the world population (McDermott et al., 2010), to increase household income and improve their livelihoods by connecting with the livestock value chain.”
Sustainable intensification of agricultural systems in the Central African Highlands: The need for institutional innovation (2016, background): “Understanding synergies and trade-offs between different types of innovation for various stakeholder, gender and age groups is important for sustainable intensification of agricultural systems (McDermott et al., 2010; Ndiritu et al., 2014; Zimmerer et al., 2015).”
The role of livestock in developing communities: Enhancing multifunctionality (2010, background): “Sustainable intensification of smallholder systems could offer promising alternatives to increase food production (McDermott et al., 2010), while there is strong evidence that rangelands can sequester significant amounts of carbon and play an important role in improving the water productivity of who”
Livestock sector development for poverty reduction: an economic and policy perspective. Livestock's many virtues. (2012, background): “As long as daily per capita incomes remain below $5, quantity has preference over quality (McDermott et al., 2010) and most low-income consumers purchase their food in traditional live-animal or wet markets.”