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This unique book is the product of a south/north, east/west collaboration, involving some 90 contributors from 25 countries. It will be invaluable to all concerned with livestock keeping and poverty alleviation in developing countries. Livestock and Wealth Creation is about the role of livestock in developing countries and portrays how improved husbandry practices can affect the livelihoods of livestock keepers. It emphasises ways of improving small-scale enterprises and subsistence livestock-keeping. Part 1 considers the cross-cutting issues which need to be understood before embarking on improving output from a given species. Part 2 considers species individually, with emphasis on how to improve productivity (with examples) to achieve sustainable livelihoods for livestock keepers.

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This book is an invaluable resource and an essential reference to all animal scientists... It should be on the desk of all those concerned with, and engaged in, subsistence livestock production and poverty alleviation in developing countries Dr C Devendra Livesetock Science, August 2006

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Nottingham University Press has been publishing scientific and technical books since 1992 and has earned international recognition as a publisher of only the highest quality materials.

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