Livestock’s contributions to SDGs in developing economies

In the World Economic Forum “Meat: the future” series, the paper “Options for the livestock sector in developing and emerging economies to 2030 and beyond” (2019, 28pp), written by a team at ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute), examines the roles of livestock in achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. It makes the case that the small‑ and medium‑scale livestock sector in developing and emerging economies can help feed the world sustainably, safely and equitably. It considers the wide diversity of livestock keepers, including smallholder mixed farmers, medium‑sized cooperatives and pastoralists – male and female – as well as the millions of people engaged in trading and processing livestock-based foods and providing inputs and services to the sector. The paper reviews different ways of meeting the growing future protein needs and the consequences and opportunities of different future trajectories in the livestock sector. It includes a section on pastoralism, describing this as a rational and sustainable way to maintain biodiversity and ecosystem functioning as well as pastoral livelihoods, and with many multiplier effects in low‑ and middle‑income countries.

Posted on 27 November 2019 in General Policy Documents, Pastoralist Livelihoods & Nutrition