How good are livestock statistics in Africa?

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dc.creatorAbay, Kibrom A.
dc.creatorAyalew, Hailemariam
dc.creatorTerfa, Zelalem
dc.creatorKarugia, Joseph
dc.creatorBreisinger, Clemens
dc.date2025-07-08
dc.date2025-07-14T15:46:59Z
dc.date2025-07-14T15:46:59Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:45:55Z
dc.descriptionLivestock supports the livelihoods of around one billion people in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) (Thorne and Conroy 2017, Baltenweck et al. 2020). However, growth and productivity of the livestock sector in many LMICs are not keeping pace with the increasing demand for animal-source foods. Boosting the sector’s productivity is crucial for poverty reduction in LMICs, which continue to face multifaceted challenges and shocks that threaten the sustainability of food systems. This, in turn, requires reliable livestock data for informing livestock policies and investments. However, there is a significant gap in the quality and reliability of livestock data, which inhibits evaluations of the livestock sector’s role in livelihoods and national economies and therefore impedes evidence-based livestock policies and investments.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/175628
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/113957
dc.languageen
dc.publisherVoxDev
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2025.103532
dc.relationhttps://www.ifpri.org/blog/how-good-are-livestock-statistics-in-africa-evidence-from-ethiopia/
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceAbay, Kibrom A.; Ayalew, Hailemariam; Terfa, Zelalem; Karugia, Joseph; and Breisinger, Clemens. 2025. How good are livestock statistics in Africa? VoxDev. First available online July 8, 2025. https://voxdev.org/topic/methods-measurement/how-good-are-livestock-statistics-africa
dc.subjectlivestock
dc.subjectlivelihoods
dc.subjectproductivity
dc.subjectpoverty reduction
dc.titleHow good are livestock statistics in Africa?
dc.typeOpinion Piece

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