Title: Adding value to livestock diversity : marketing to promote local breeds and improve livelihoods

Authors: Mathias, Evelyn and Mundy, Paul

Place: Rome [etc.]

Publisher: Food and agriculture organization of the United nations (FAO) [etc]

Year: 2010

Journal: FAO animal production and health paper

Volume: 168

PAGE: --

Subject: Value Chains for Development

Keywords: livestock industry, agricultural product marketing, wool, meat, hides and skins, milk, maharashtra, andhra pradesh, karnataka, tamil nadu, india, kyrgyzstan, mongolia, argentina, south africa, mauritania, somalia

Abstract: The book describes eight cases from Africa (Mauritania, Somalia, South Africa), Asia (India, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia) and Latin America (Argentina) where outside interventions have attempted to develop markets for specialty products from local breeds: wool, cashmere, meat, hides, milk and dairy.

URL: http://www.fao.org/docrep/012/i1283e/i1283e.pdf

Document type: Portal