Factors affecting the livestock herd size among smallholder households in Zambia

• Published in: Tropical animal health and production Vol. 49; no. 8; pp. 1607 - 1612
• Main Author: Lubungu, Mary
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.12.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal health; Animal husbandry; Animal Husbandry - economics; Animals; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Breeding; Cattle; Cross-Sectional Studies; Demographics; Developing Countries; Dry season; Economic development; Economic growth; Economics; Farmers - statistics & numerical data; Feeding; Feeds; Households; Landscape; LDCs; Life Sciences; Livestock; Livestock breeding; Livestock feeds; Mortality; Outflow; Regular Articles; Sheep; Swine; Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science; Water outflow; Zambia; Zoology; Zambia; Herd size; Demographic indicators; Cross-sectional data

Structural changes in the economic and demographic landscapes in the developing countries create a host of opportunities for smallholder livestock producers to tap into the economic growth from which they have largely been excluded. However, small livestock herd sizes limit the opportunities availab...