The Hindu Business Line : NDDB, FAO launch South Asia pro-poor livestock policy plan

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NDDB, FAO launch South Asia pro-poor livestock policy plan

Virendra Pandit

A platform to promote the interests of poor rural livestock keepers

Anand , Dec. 14

The South Asia Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Programme (SAPPLPP), joint initiative of India's National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), Anand, and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, was officially launched on Thursday here as a regional platform to promote the interests of poor rural livestock keepers in national and international policy making. The programme stems from the strong belief that livestock can play an important role in contributing towards poverty reduction and meeting the millennium development goals, NDDB said in a release here.

South Asia has the largest concentration of the world's extreme poor, over 80 per cent of them living in the rural areas.

For a large majority, livestock is the only means for escaping the vicious circle of poverty and deprivation.

Marginal households own two thirds of sheep and goats, over half the cattle and buffaloes and three quarters of pigs in South Asia.

The demand for livestock products is growing rapidly, which provides an opportunity for the livestock sector to become an engine for growth and poverty reduction.

However, this requires policies and institutions that will ensure participation of the poor in these expanding markets.

Development

SAPPLPP aims to ensure that the interests of poor livestock keepers are taken into account in livestock sector related policy making.

The programme intends to gather and document pro-poor livestock development practices from the region and share them with development practitioners and policy makers, provide a platform for policy dialogues and offer evidence in support of policy formulation.

SAPPLPP is envisaged as a long-term programme to be implemented in phases and open for others to join. NDDB and the Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative of the FAO have agreed on Phase I of the programme, which aims to engage partners in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka, the release added.

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