A Menu of Livestock

Sector Policies
Ugo Pica-Ciamarra
FAO Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative

FAO Expert Meeting

‘Designing Effective Country-Level Dairy Development Plans’
Bangkok, 17-20 November 2008

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 Objectives

1) Each livestock policy

objective can be served
by a variety of policy
instruments Livestock
Policy Menu
2) Livestock policy makers
can influence non-
livestock sector ‘markets
and institutions’

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Livestock Policy Instruments: Perspective

• Input suppliers
• Livestock keepers
small / medium / large
• Traders
• Processors
• Wholesalers
• Retailers
• Consumers

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Livestock Policy Instruments: Perspective

• Input suppliers
• Livestock keepers
small / medium / large
• Traders
• Processors
• Wholesalers
• Retailers
• Consumers

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Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative
Livestock Policy Menu: Smallholder perspective
OVERALL POLICY VISION
SMALLHOLDERS PRODUCE IN AN EFFICIENT WAY

policy goal: policy goal: policy goal:

kick-starting enhancing sustaining growth
production productivity research /
land / water / feed / livestock services / environment / trade
insurance credit / market

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Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative
Livestock Policy Menu: Smallholder perspective
OVERALL POLICY VISION
SMALLHOLDERS PRODUCE IN AN EFFICIENT WAY

policy goal: policy goal: policy goal:

kick-starting enhancing sustaining growth
production productivity research /
land / water / feed / livestock services / environment / trade
insurance credit / market
Description

Identification of
Public / private sector
policy instruments

Issues

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E.g.Better Animal Health Services

- increased budget
- decentralization
- cost-recovery
- CAHWs
- vouchers to livestock keepers
- grants to vets / paravets
- MBOs
- etc.

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E.g. Better Animal Health Services
Tailored interventions:
• Complement or substitute
instruments
e.g. MBOs & CAHWs
• Public or private
e.g. decentralization & CAHWs
• Different implementation issues
e.g. vouchers to livestock keepers:
demand side / distribution to many
livestock keepers
e.g. grants to veterinarians: supply side /
to be given to reduced number of vets

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 Interventions beyond the livestock domain
OVERALL POLICY VISION
SMALLHOLDERS PRODUCE IN AN EFFICIENT WAY

policy goal: policy goal: policy goal:

kick-starting enhancing sustaining growth
production productivity research /
land / water / feed / livestock services / environment / trade
insurance credit / market

Beyond scope and

Identification of
responsibility of livestock
policy instruments
policy makers!!!!

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 Interventions beyond the livestock domain
OVERALL POLICY VISION
SMALLHOLDERS PRODUCE IN AN EFFICIENT WAY

policy goal: policy goal: policy goal:

kick-starting enhancing sustaining growth
production productivity research /
land / water / feed / livestock services / environment / trade
insurance credit / market

Identification of Taken for granted

policy instruments / lobbying

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Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative
 Interventions beyond the livestock domain
OVERALL POLICY VISION
SMALLHOLDERS PRODUCE IN AN EFFICIENT WAY

policy goal: policy goal: policy goal:

kick-starting enhancing sustaining growth
production productivity research /
land / water / feed / livestock services / environment / trade
insurance credit / market

Identification of Market based policy

policy instruments instruments

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Market-based policy instruments

• within existing policy / market

framework
• one-off incentive to the private
sector to experiment so to
kick-start markets
• no long-term fiscal burden
• risk-prone attitude

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Market-based policy instruments: examples

- credit: livestock as collateral?

- credit: warehouse receipts?
- market: marketing contracts?
- market: marketing organizations?
- research: competitive research funds?
- research: matching research grants?
- ... .... .... ....
- ... ... ... ...

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Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative
Livestock Policy Menu: Smallholder perspective
OVERALL POLICY VISION
SMALLHOLDERS PRODUCE IN AN EFFICIENT WAY

policy goal: policy goal: policy goal:

kick-starting enhancing sustaining growth
production productivity research /
land / water / feed / livestock services / environment / trade
insurance credit / market

Market based
Identification of Livestock Policy
policy instruments Makers
Non-market based

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Livestock Sector Policy Menu

• Broad policy objectives

• Policy instruments
- livestock policy makers
- in/out livestock domain
• Pros and cons
• Country examples
• Up to policy makers to
decide

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Thank you!

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