"Prospects for Livestock-Based Livelihoods in Africa’s Drylands examines the challenges and
opportunities facing the livestock sector and the people who depend on livestock in the dryland
regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. It presents a novel way of thinking about pastoral development,
grounded in a conceptual framework that focuses on the multiple shocks that drylands livestock
keepers face and how those shocks can be addressed, drawing on a state-of-the-art literature review
carried out by scientists of leading research institutes and development organizations, and
integrating the results of an innovative approach to modeling development options for the drylands
livestock sector.
Looking to the future, the picture is mixed. On the positive side, demand for red meat is expected
to strengthen in domestic and regional markets, suggesting that livestock keepers will have good
market opportunities. On the negative side, a large majority of livestock keepers are classifi ed as
poor,
