Investing in the Livestock Sector : Why Good Numbers Matter, A Sourcebook for Decision Makers on How to Improve Livestock Data

This sourcebook summarizes the outputs and lessons of the Livestock in Africa: improving data for better policies project. It aims to present the challenges facing professionals collecting and analyzing livestock data and statistics and possible solutions. While the Sourcebook does not address all conceivable issues related to enhancing livestock data and underlining statistical issues, it does represent a unique document for a number of reasons. To begin with, it is possibly the first document which specifically addresses the broad complexity of livestock data collection, taking into consideration the unique characteristics of the sector. Indeed, in most cases livestock data are dealt with, if ever, within the context of major agricultural initiatives. Second, the sourcebook is a joint product of users and suppliers of livestock data, with its overarching objective being to respond to the information needs of data users, and primarily the Ministries responsible for livestock in African countries and the National Statistical Authorities. Finally, the sourcebook represents a unique experiment of inter-institutional collaboration, which jointly places the World Bank, the FAO Animal Production and Health Division, the ILRI and the Africa Union, Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources as well as national governments in Niger, Tanzania and Uganda at the forefront of data and statistical innovation for evidence-based livestock sector policies and investments. This sourcebook represents a first step towards a demand-driven and sustainable approach to enhance the livestock information available to decision makers. It is hoped it will provide a useable framework for significantly improving the quantity and quality of livestock data and statistics available to the public and private sector, and also increase the efficacy of investments that country governments and the international community allocate to generate information for livestock sector policies and investments.

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Main Authors:	Pica-Ciamarra, Ugo, Baker, Derek, Morgan, Nancy, Zezza, Alberto, Azzarri, Carlo, Ly, Cheikh, Nsiima, Longin, Nouala, Simplice, Okello, Patrick, Sserugga, Joseph
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACTION PLAN, ADULT MALES, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, AGRICULTURE, ALPACAS, ANIMAL, ANIMAL BREEDS, ANIMAL DISEASE, ANIMAL DISEASE OUTBREAKS, ANIMAL DISEASES, ANIMAL FEED, ANIMAL HEALTH, ANIMAL HEALTH SERVICES, ANIMAL INDUSTRY, ANIMAL MOVEMENTS, ANIMAL ORIGIN, ANIMAL POPULATION, ANIMAL POPULATIONS, ANIMAL PRODUCTION, ANIMAL PRODUCTS, ANIMAL PROTEIN, ANIMAL RESOURCES, ANIMAL TRACTION, ANIMALS, ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION, AVAILABILITY OF DATA, BEEF, BEEF PRODUCTION, BIOLOGY, BREED, BREEDING, BREEDING ANIMALS, BREEDS OF CATTLE, BUSINESS PARTNERS, BUTTER, BUYER, CALVES, CAMELS, CAPABILITIES, CAPACITY BUILDING, CARCASS WEIGHT, CASH INCOME, CATTLE, CATTLE POPULATION, CENSUS DATA, COLLECTED DATA, COMMERCE, COMMODITIES, COMMODITY, CONSUMER GOODS, CONTAGIOUS BOVINE PLEUROPNEUMONIA, COPYRIGHT, COWS, CROPS, DAIRY, DAIRY BOARD, DAIRY BOARDS, DAIRY CORPORATION, DAIRY PROCESSING, DAIRY PRODUCTION, DAIRY PRODUCTS, DATA ENTRIES, DECISION MAKING PROCESS, DECISION MAKING PROCESSES, DEMAND FOR FOOD, DEMAND FOR LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS, DEMAND FOR MILK, DETERMINANT, DETERMINANTS, DISEASE TRANSMISSION, DOMAIN, DOMAINS, DRAFT POWER, E-MAIL, ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EGG, EGG PRODUCTION, EGGS, ELECTRICITY, ENTRY POINT, EQUINES, EQUIPMENT, EXOTIC BREEDS, FARM, FARM ANIMALS, FARMERS, FARMS, FATTENING, FEED, FEED QUALITY, FENCES, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, FISHERIES, FLOW CHART, FOOD BASKET, FOOD PRODUCTS, FOOD SECURITY, FOOD SUPPLY, FORAGE, GENDER, GOATS, HERD COMPOSITION, HERD SIZE, HOUSING, HUNGER, INCOME FROM LIVESTOCK, INCOMES, INFORMATION GAP, INFORMATION GAPS, INNOVATION, INTEGRATION, INVENTORY, ISSUES, JOINT VENTURE, LAND COVER, LICENSES, LIVE ANIMALS, LIVE WEIGHT, LIVELIHOODS, LIVESTOCK, LIVESTOCK DATA, LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT, LIVESTOCK ENTERPRISES, LIVESTOCK FARMING, LIVESTOCK INCOME, LIVESTOCK INFORMATION, LIVESTOCK INFORMATION NEEDS, LIVESTOCK INVENTORIES, LIVESTOCK NEEDS, LIVESTOCK NUMBERS, LIVESTOCK POLICIES, LIVESTOCK POPULATION, LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS, LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION, LIVESTOCK PRODUCTIVITY, LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS, LIVESTOCK RESEARCH, LIVESTOCK SECTOR, LIVESTOCK SPECIES, LIVESTOCK STATISTICS, LIVESTOCK UNIT, LIVING CONDITIONS, MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MANUFACTURING, MANURE, MANURE PRODUCTION, MARKET ACCESS, MARKET PRICES, MARKETING, MATERIAL, MEAT, MEAT CONSUMPTION, MEAT PRODUCTION, MEAT PRODUCTS, MILK, MILK COLLECTION, MILK COLLECTION CENTERS, MILK CONSUMPTION, MILK PER DAY, MILK PRODUCTION, MILK YIELD, MILKED, MILKING, MILKING COWS, NATIONAL HERD, NATIONAL LIVESTOCK, NATURAL RESOURCES, NGOS, NUTRITION, NUTRITIONAL VALUE, OXEN, PASTORAL AREAS, PASTORAL ECONOMIES, PASTORAL PRODUCTION, PASTORAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS, PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, PHOTO, PIGS, PLANT, POOR LIVESTOCK KEEPERS, POPULATION GROWTH, POULTRY, POULTRY MEAT, POVERTY REDUCTION, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENTS, PRODUCTION PROCESS, PUBLIC SERVICES, QUERIES, RABBITS, RAINFALL, RAW MILK, RESULT, RESULTS, RETAIL OUTLET, RETAIL OUTLETS, RUMINANTS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, SCIENTISTS, SHEEP, SKIN DISEASE, SMALL HERDS, SMALL RUMINANTS, SMALLHOLDER PRODUCERS, SUPPLIERS, TARGETS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ISSUES, TELEPHONE, TRADE DATA, TROPICAL LIVESTOCK UNIT, USER, USERS, VACCINES, VALUE CHAIN, VALUE CHAINS, VEGETATION, WILDLIFE, WOOD, WOOL, YOUNG ANIMALS, ZOOLOGY, ZOONOTIC DISEASES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/19294515/investing-livestock-sector-good-numbers-matter-sourcebook-decision-makers-improve-livestock-data https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17830
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