Prospects for Livestock-Based Livelihoods in Africa's Drylands

Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction and Conceptual Framework -- People and Livestock in the Drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa -- The Need for Action -- Key Question -- Conceptual Framework -- Objectives of This Chapter -- Organization of the Chapter -- Note -- Chapter 2 Macroeconomic Aspects of Livestock Production Systems in the Drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa -- Introduction -- Livestock Production Systems in Dryland Regions of SSA -- Notes -- Chapter 3 Trends and Drivers of Vulnerability in SSA Drylands -- General Features -- Exposure to Shocks -- Sensitivity to Shocks -- Ability to Cope with Shocks -- Notes -- Chapter 4 Opportunities for Reducing Vulnerability and Enhancing the Sustainability of Livestock Systems -- Overall Strategy and Vision -- Reducing Exposure to Shocks -- Reducing Sensitivity to Shocks -- Enhancing the Capacity of Livestock-Keeping Households to Cope with Shocks -- Tradeoffs -- Challenges -- Notes -- Chapter 5 Vulnerability and Resilience in Livestock Systems in the Drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa -- Introduction -- Setting the Scene -- Biophysical Modeling -- Macroeconomic Implications -- Livelihoods -- Financial and Economic Returns -- Notes -- Chapter 6 Summary and Conclusions -- Opportunities -- Challenges -- Need for Realism -- Appendix A Technical Parameters Used in Livestock Modeling -- Appendix B Livestock and Livestock-Keeping Population Numbers -- Appendix C Factors Used to Estimate the Production of Crop Byproducts and Crop Residues and the Share of Biomass Accessible to Livestock -- Appendix D Maps of Feed Balances at Pixel Level -- Appendix E Relative Feed Balances Under Different Scenarios -- Appendix F Absolute Feed Balances Under Different Scenarios -- References -- Boxes.