ABSTRACT
Globally, agriculture provides a livelihood for more people than any other industry (primary or secondary), while dairy farming is one of the major agricultural activities. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimated that the world’s milk production in 2012 stood at 754 billion tonnes. Hemme and Otto (2010) estimated that 12-14% of the world’s population (or a total of 750-900 million people) live on dairy farms or are within dairy farming households. Livestock provide over half the value of global agricultural output and one third of the value of agricultural output in developing countries. Milk is nature’s most complete food and dairy farming represents one of the fastest returns for livestock keepers in the developing world.
