Use of goats in poverty alleviation and potential effects on the environment

TY - CHAP

T1 - Use of goats in poverty alleviation and potential effects on the environment

AU - Madsen, Jørgen

AU - Nielsen, Mette Benedicte Olaf

AU - Henriksen, Jørgen

PY - 2009

Y1 - 2009

N2 - Goats are a powerful tool in assistance to alleviate poverty and they are also a powerful tool to utilize scarce vegetation in areas not suitable for other forms of agricultural production. If goats are kept in a wrong place and not managed well they may, however, destroy the environment.According to this paper, financed by DanChurchAid, the solution to the dilemma between the very efficient and useful goats for the poor people and the potential very destructive goats for the environment is found in intelligent management of the goats and not in preventing poor people to keep goats. Education and training of the goats keepers combined with punishment for possible bad management may be a practical solution.

AB - Goats are a powerful tool in assistance to alleviate poverty and they are also a powerful tool to utilize scarce vegetation in areas not suitable for other forms of agricultural production. If goats are kept in a wrong place and not managed well they may, however, destroy the environment.According to this paper, financed by DanChurchAid, the solution to the dilemma between the very efficient and useful goats for the poor people and the potential very destructive goats for the environment is found in intelligent management of the goats and not in preventing poor people to keep goats. Education and training of the goats keepers combined with punishment for possible bad management may be a practical solution.

M3 - Book chapter

BT - The CoP for pro-poor livestock development

PB - Community of Practice (CoP)

ER -