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Adding Values to Livestock Diversity - Marketing to Promote Local Breeds and Improve Livelihoods (Paperback)
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Adding Values to Livestock Diversity - Marketing to Promote Local Breeds and Improve Livelihoods (Paperback)
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Many local livestock breeds and minor species are in decline and
may be lost because they cannot compete with high-yielding exotic
breeds. Conserving these breeds is important: many have unique
traits, such as hardiness and disease resistance, that are vital
for future livestock production. One way to help ensure their
survival may be to sell products from these breeds to high-value,
specialist markets. The Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic
Resources acknowledges the importance of market access to the
sustainable use of livestock diversity and calls for development of
markets for products derived from local species and breeds, and for
strengthening processes that add value to their products. This
publication describes eight examples of marketing of livestock
products (wool, cashmere, milk, meat and hides) from local breeds
of Bactrian camels, dromedaries, goats and sheep in seven countries
in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It shows how they have kept
local breeds in use, while enabling the small-scale livestock
keepers and pastoralists who raise them to improve their
livelihoods.
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