ABSTRACT
Helping smallholders to improve poultry production Robert Pym, University of Queensland, Australia; and Robyn Alders, University of Sydney, Australia
1 Introduction
2 Types of smallholder poultry production systems
3 Development objectives for family poultry production
4 Preventing disease in poultry
5 Breeding and genetics
6 Husbandry and nutrition
7 Marketing and economics
8 Education and training
9 Strengthening policy environments
10 Case study 1: improving small-scale poultry production in Myanmar
11 Case study 2: contribution of village chickens to diets in Tanzania and Zambia
12 Acknowledgements
13 Future trends
14 Where to look for further information
15 References
The world’s human population as of 2016 is estimated at about 7.4 billion, but is predicted to increase to more than nine billion by 2050 (UN, 2015a). Presently, almost 85% of people live in developing countries and this proportion is predicted to increase due to essentially stabilized population numbers in developed countries compared to an average population increase of about 1.7% p.a. in developing countries (PRB, 2015). Accompanying the rapid population increase in developing countries is an even greater increase in the demand for animal products as a result of increasing affluence and product availability. It is estimated that the livestock sub-sector presently accounts for about 30% of the GDP in developing countries and is growing rapidly (FAO, 2014).
