The Role of Livestock in Developing Communities
The Role of Livestock in Developing Communities

Author: Frans Swanepoel

Publisher: UJ Press

Published: 2010-11-01

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 1928424813

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The book provides critical information and knowledge on the importance of livestock in the global effort to alleviate poverty and promote human health. It describes and evaluates case studies, examines theoretical frameworks, and discusses key global policy development issues, challenges and constraints related to smallholder livestock-production systems around the globe. The book is written for academic professionals, industry experts, government officials and other scholars interested in the facts and issues concerning the contribution of livestock to the social and economic progress of developing countries.

Improving the evidence base on aflatoxin contamination and exposure in Africa
Improving the evidence base on aflatoxin contamination and exposure in Africa

Author: Okoth, S.

Publisher: CTA

Published: 2016-12-31

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13:

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This report reveals that substantial knowledge is available about the aflatoxin challenge that plagues African farmers, other agri-entrepreneurs, and governments. Commissioned by the ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) in collaboration with the African Union Commission - Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa (PACA), this literature review reveals that a wide range of commodities that are traded nationally, regionally and internationally are contaminated by aflatoxins. African citizens and economies are negatively impacted as a result.