Problem
Non-productive use of cattle and livestock
Other Names:
Underutilization of livestock Nature:
In most parts of eastern and southern Africa, cattle-keeping has little relation to the traditional subsistence economy, except as a means of simultaneously producing wealth and 'banking' it. The animals are rarely slaughtered for commercial sale or domestic consumption; they are used chiefly for ceremonial feasts and religious celebrations associated with death rites or ancestor worship; for validating marriages and cementing kinship bonds; for paying fines; settling conflicts; or financing undertakings requiring hired labour. Ownership of cattle determines a man's position in the community; his social standing, influence and potential economic power are measured by the size of his herd.
Broader Problems:
Wasteful industriesUnderutilization of resourcesUndeveloped channels for commercial initiativeStagnated development of agricultural productionUnderuse of high productivity methods of agricultural management Narrower Problems:
Unused livestock wasteLack of meat and egg productionPoor quality of domestic livestock Aggravates:
Trespassing livestockVulnerability of least developed countriesSubsistence agricultural income level in rural communities Strategies:
Utilizing animals in farmingIncreasing productivity of cattle and livestockImproving livestock production Subject(s):
Agriculture, Fisheries → Animal husbandryBirds, Mammals → Cattle, ungulates
Economics → Productivity
Economics → Resource utilization
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST