Livestock Assets, Livestock Income and Rural Households : Cross-Country Evidence from Household Surveys

This paper investigates the livestock asset positions of rural households and the contribution of livestock to their income in 12 developing countries. It draws on the FAO Rural Income Generating Activities (RIGA) database, which allows cross-country comparisons of household surveys. The majority of rural households keep livestock; the rural poor, defined as those living in rural areas and belonging to the bottom expenditure quintile, are more likely to keep livestock than those in higher quintiles; there are minor differences in herd composition between households, and the contribution of livestock to total income is overall small, with no significant differences across households.

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Main Authors:	Pica-Ciamarra, Ugo, Tasciotti, Luca, Otte, Joachim, Zezza, Alberto
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2011-05
Subjects:	ACCESS TO ASSETS, AGRICULTURAL GROWTH, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, ALPACA, ANIMAL, ANIMAL DISEASES, ANIMAL GENETICS, ANIMAL PRODUCTION, ANIMAL PRODUCTS, BEEF, BIRDS, BODY WEIGHT, BREED, BREEDING, BUFFALO, BUFFALOES, CASH INCOME, CATTLE, CATTLE HERD, CATTLE PRICES, CHICKEN, CHICKENS, CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, CONSUMPTION OF MILK, CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING, COWS, CROP DIVERSIFICATION, CROP RESIDUES, CULTURAL CHANGE, DAIRY, DAIRY COWS, DAIRY FARMERS, DAIRY MARKETING, DAIRY PRODUCTION, DAIRY PROJECT, DAIRY SYSTEMS, DEMAND FOR LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS, DETERMINANTS, DRAFT POWER, DRAUGHT ANIMALS, DROUGHT, ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EGGS, EMPLOYMENT GENERATION, FARM, FARM ANIMALS, FARM INCOME, FARM PRODUCTIVITY, FARM SIZE, FARMING SYSTEMS, FARMS, FATTENING, FEED, FEEDING, FLOCK, FLOCK SIZE, FLOCKS, FODDER, FOOD POLICY, FOOD SECURITY, GLOBAL POVERTY, GOATS, GUINEA PIGS, HERD COMPOSITION, HERD SIZE, HERDS, HIGHLANDS, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD INCOMES, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HOUSEHOLD WELFARE, INCOME FROM LIVESTOCK, INCOME QUINTILE, INEQUALITY, INSURANCE, INSURANCE MARKETS, LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS, LIVE ANIMALS, LIVE WEIGHT, LIVELIHOOD STRATEGIES, LIVESTOCK, LIVESTOCK ACTIVITIES, LIVESTOCK ASSET, LIVESTOCK ASSETS, LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT, LIVESTOCK FARMING, LIVESTOCK FARMS, LIVESTOCK INCOME, LIVESTOCK INVENTORY, LIVESTOCK KEEPING, LIVESTOCK MARKETS, LIVESTOCK OWNERSHIP, LIVESTOCK POLICIES, LIVESTOCK POLICY, LIVESTOCK POPULATIONS, LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION, LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION SCIENCE, LIVESTOCK PRODUCTIVITY, LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS, LIVESTOCK RESEARCH, LIVESTOCK REVOLUTION, LIVESTOCK SECTOR, LIVESTOCK SPECIES, LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS, LIVESTOCK UNITS, LIVING STANDARDS, MANURE, MARKET ACCESS, MEAT, MIGRATION, MILK, MILK PRODUCTION, MOUNTAIN REGION, MOUNTAIN REGIONS, NET INCOME, NUTRITION, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, PASTORAL AREAS, PASTORAL PEOPLES, PEACOCK, PIGS, POOR FARMERS, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POOR PEOPLE, POOR POPULATION, POOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, POORER HOUSEHOLDS, PORK, PORK INDUSTRY, POULTRY, POULTRY FARMS, POULTRY INDUSTRY, POULTRY SCIENCE, POULTRY SECTOR, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, POVERTY ASSESSMENT, POVERTY IMPACT, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY LINKAGES, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES, POVERTY THRESHOLD, PRODUCTION SYSTEMS, RANCHERS, REGIONAL OFFICE, RISK MANAGEMENT, RUMINANTS, RURAL, RURAL AREAS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL GROWTH, RURAL HOUSEHOLD, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, RURAL INCOME, RURAL INCOME GENERATION, RURAL LIVELIHOODS, RURAL LIVESTOCK, RURAL POOR, RURAL POPULATION, RURAL POVERTY, RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION, SAVINGS, SHEEP, SMALL FARMS, SMALL RUMINANTS, SMALL-SCALE FARMERS, SMALLHOLDER FARMERS, SMALLHOLDER LIVESTOCK, SMALLHOLDERS, SOCIAL CAPITAL, TARGETING, VETERINARY, VETERINARY SERVICES, WEALTH GROUPS, WEIGHT GAIN,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/05/19357465/livestock-assets-livestock-income-rural-households-cross-country-evidence-household-surveys https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17890
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