Policy analysis and advocacy for livestock-based development: The gap between household-level analysis and higher-level models |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of New England, Armidale, Australia;2. International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya;1. Department of Clinical Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy;2. Department of Clinical Medicine and Rheumatology, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy;1. Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, College of Agriculture, Ramin University, Ahvaz, Iran;2. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria;3. Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Iran;4. Institute of Applied Scientific Higher Education Jihad-e-Agriculture, Iran;1. Social, Economics and Policy Research Program (SEPRP), International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), P.O. Box 950764, Amman 11195, Jordan;2. International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), 3 Rue Mahmoud Ghaznaoui, El Menzah IV, 1082 Tunis, Tunisia;3. International Water Management Institute (IWMI) South Africa, Private Bag X813, Silverton 0127, Pretoria, South Africa |
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| Abstract: | The dichotomy in approaches to policy analysis for developing countries’ livestock sectors is presented. Substantial experience and information generated from a large number of household-level studies is not being utilised by macro- and aggregate models which fail to recognise heterogeneity, dynamics and fundamental drivers of change in livestock systems. Household-level studies are not standardised and rarely identify and characterise key drivers and mechanisms for exploiting heterogeneity in policy analysis. The paper provides an overview of a set of six papers contained in a special edition which define and address this gap in analytical approaches and identify aspects of the way forward. Evidence is presented of inconsistencies and practicalities which emphasise the gap, but all papers present evidence of integrative progress and list opportunities for accelerating it. Constraints on the subject matter are outlined and a challenge to livestock policy analysts is made. |
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| Keywords: | Livestock in development Policy Policy model |
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