Biotechnology in animal agriculture and poverty alleviation: An NGO perspective

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cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.identifier.urlhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/2275
cg.subject.ilriAGRICULTURE
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL BREEDING
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL HEALTH
cg.subject.ilriBIOTECHNOLOGY
cg.subject.ilriINDIGENOUS BREEDS
cg.subject.ilriLIVELIHOODS
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCK SYSTEMS
cg.subject.ilriRESEARCH
dc.contributor.authorBayer, W.
dc.contributor.authorWanyama, J.
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-14T12:04:33Zen
dc.date.available2011-08-14T12:04:33Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/4771
dc.titleBiotechnology in animal agriculture and poverty alleviation: An NGO perspectiveen
dcterms.abstractBiotechnology has only limited potential to alleviate poverty in rural Africa because it does not address the main reasons for poverty such as weak infrastructure, bad governance and unfavourable terms of trade. Looking at the main characteristics of the predominantly small-scale animal farming in Africa, the potentials and limitations for biotechnological applications in food processing, forage improvement, animal breeding and animal health are discussed. Indigenous biotechnology under the control of livestock farmers can be beneficial, whereas—with the exception of some animal health technologies—large-scale and ‘high-tech’ applications of biotechnology have shown little potential to alleviate poverty. Indeed, these applications can have the opposite effect. Rather than pouring an undue amount of human and financial resources into further refinement of advanced biotechnology, African livestock researchers should develop their own research agenda that addresses the real problems of small-scale livestock keepers and poverty alleviation.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBayer, W. and Wanyama, J. 2006. Biotechnology in animal agriculture and poverty alleviation: An NGO perspective. In: Rege, J.E.O.; Nyamu, A.M.; Sendalo, D. (eds.). 2006. The role of biotechnology in animal agriculture to address poverty in Africa: Opportunities and challenges. Proceedings of the 4th All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture and the 31st annual meeting of Tanzania Society for Animal Production, Arusha, Tanzania, 20–24 September 2005. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: TSAP and Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.en
dcterms.issued2006
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherTSAP and ILRI
dcterms.subjectbiotechnologyen
dcterms.subjectanimal breedingen
dcterms.typeConference Paper

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