Economics and policy research at ILRI, 1975-2018.

Steve Staal,Mohammad Jabbar,John McIntire,Simeon Ehui

doi:10.1079/9781789241853.0639

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Abstract

Abstract This chapter looks at the livestock policy and economics research at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and its predecessor, the International Livestock Centre for Africa (ILCA), which have focused on the following problems: (i) the historical problem of supply response; (ii) animal health services and productivity; (iii) responding to the 'Livestock Revolution'; (iv) policy and technical barriers to smallholder dairying; (v) livestock and poverty; (vi) markets, institutions and competitiveness; (vii) land tenure; and (viii) livestock master plans. The research spending and the scientific and development impacts of ILRI's policy and economics research are also highlighted.

Highlights

This chapter defines policy as the actions of governments and public agencies
The notable scientific achievement comprising the joint effort of International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to produce a study of global livestock trends: ‘Livestock to 2020: the food revolution’ (Delgado et al, 1999)
The first consists of market failures, negative externalities or of ‘free-riders’

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Executive Summary

The notable scientific achievement comprising the joint effort of ILRI, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to produce a study of global livestock trends: ‘Livestock to 2020: the food revolution’ (Delgado et al, 1999). Property rights studies of grazing land, arable land and tree tenure, leading to site-specific policy recommendations in Ethiopia, Kenya and some countries in West Africa. This included demonstrations of the scope and impact of collective action in land rights, livestock value chains and natural resource management. The epidemiology-economics work has continued for 30 years (see Chapters 5 and 6, this volume) and has had a strong scientific impact in proposing solutions to animal health problems

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Literature and data review