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Role and

Responsibilities ofLivestock Sector in

Poverty AlleviationSunil Gamage

Former Deputy Director – VeterinaryResearc

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•Poverty & food insecurity- two concepts that overlap.

•Poverty -cause of hunger, hunger a cause of poverty.

•Hunger deprives the poor of strength & skill to seek

employment or to select remunerative employment.

• Childhood hunger impairs mental & physical growth,

crippling capacity to learn in school & earn at work.

• Adults that are stunted due to hunger in childhood

earn lower wages in o!s involving physical la!or.

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Food Security !ndicators from"##$%#" to &$"$%"' )orld

SoutAsia

Sri

Lanka

Africa

Average dietary energysupply ade*uacy

Percent +,+- .,+-"+,/

-#,.-

Sare of dietary energy

supply derived from cereals0roots and tubers

Percent

1

"$,.-

1

"$,'-

1.,.-1",/-

Average protein supplyg%caput%d

ay"',2- +,#-

"+,+-

"$,&-

Average supply of protein of

animal origin

g%caput%d

ay

,&-'$,$

-

./,'

-

3,3-

Prevalence ofundernourisment

Percent1

'",#-

1.',.

-

1&+,"

-

1&+,.

-

Prevalence of food

inade*uacyPercent

1

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1&2,.

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1&/,2

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Progress of local production"#3$ to &$"2

• 4roiler 1 "'0'$$ to "$/0$ tons 5/'$- 5"',+-66

• 7gg 1 "#0'2. to ""$032. tons 5'/#- 5"$,#-66

• Dairy 1 "'"0$+$ to .&'0+$2 tons 5".$- 5.,$-66 –

+$- of te milk is imported• Goat 1 "'0$$$ to 20+$2 tons 512+- 51",.-66

• 4eef 1 ./0++" to ..& tons 51&$- 51$,2-66

• Pork 1 "0..# to "02'$ tons 5"2 - 5$,.-66• Fis – "$$0$$$ to '2$0$$$ tons 5.2$- 53,+-66

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Priority

",Paddy or rice production

&,Vegetables and fruits

.,8as and e9port crops

',Livestock and Fiseries

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Steadily increasing consumer

demand for meat0 milk andoter livestock productsarising from:

•Population increase•Greater urbanisation

and• !ncome gro;t

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Steadily increasing consumer

demand for meat0 milk andoter livestock productsarising from:

Livestock  as a stimulusto agricultural gro;t

and povertyreduction,

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Policies securing basics < reducingvulnerability7nable te access to

 %Land 1 Land reform "#3&0 Landless < landlimited0 gra=ing land

 %Water 1 for irrigation0 domestic uses andydropo;er production,

• '$0$$$12$0$$$ metric tons of >s on an annualbasis

 %Feed 

• Gra=ing in tank beds

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/ l ti i " i

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/evolution in "ai#eproduction

• #$- of mai=e is used for cicken

feeding

• nly &$- re*uirement produced

• DoA togeter ;it te private sector

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Policies creating te

conditions for gro;t• Access to animal ealtservices

• Access to credit0 ig1*ualityinputs and oter tradee9pansion facilities – @ilkcollection

• Access to market information

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Policies sustaining sectorBs

gro;th

• Regulating te livestock sectortroug disease management0

*uarantine0 *uality controland food safety regulations

• 7nvironmentally sustainablelivestock production

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