Herders care for diversity

Brochure on herding and biodiversity

  • Title: Herders care for diversity
  • Author: LPP and LIFE Network / League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock Development and Local Livestock for Empowerment (LIFE) Network / LIFE Network / 2008
  • Description: Brochure on herding and biodiversity
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    Local breeds, livelihoods and livestock keepers’ rights in South Asia

    In South Asia, and throughout the developing world, the predominant official approach to livestock development has been improvement of production by means of upgrading local breeds via cross-breeding with exotic animals. This strategy has led to the replacement and dilution of locally adapted breeds with non-native ones. This has resulted in an alarming loss that has been estimated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to amount to one breed every two weeks.
    Based on selected case studies this paper argues that development strategies using locally adapted breeds and species are much more likely to benefit livestock keepers whilst also maintaining domestic animal diversity and bearing a smaller ecological footprint.
    It also analyses the rationale for “Livestock Keepers’ Rights”, a principle that grew out of the struggle of traditional livestock keepers to retain control over their production resources, such as grazing areas and breeding stock, in the face of unfavourable policy environments.

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  • Title: Local breeds, livelihoods and livestock keepers’ rights in South Asia
  • Author: Ilse Köhler-Rollefson, H.S. Rathore and E. Mathias / Tropical Animal Health and Production / 2008
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    Endogenous livestock development: Strengthening local initiatives using resources sustainably

    Endogenous livestock development means putting small-scale livestock keepers and pastoralists at the centre of their own development. It means building on what they already do, and supporting their initiatives to improve their livelihoods, instead of imposing “solutions” from outside. This booklet outlines the endogenous livestock development approach and introduces the ELD Network.

  • Title: Endogenous livestock development: Strengthening local initiatives using resources sustainably
  • Author: Evelyn Mathias / League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock Development and Local Livestock for Empowerment (LIFE) Network / 2008
  • Description: Endogenous livestock development means putting small-scale livestock keepers and pastoralists at the centre of their own development
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  • Pages: 23

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