Objectives:
- strengthen the ability of institutions in developing countries to identify problems in livestock production and develop appropriate solutions
- increase employment and incomes among livestock producers and associated value-adding agribusinesses
- improve livestock production while monitoring the effects of production on the environment and exploring the integration of production systems with the rational use of natural resources, such as wildlife
- enhance the nutritional status of targeted populations through increased availability and utilization of animal source products
- provide support to decision-makers in developing policies that will promote livestock production, marketing, and processing of animal products; human nutrition and child physical and cognitive development; and natural resource conservation and management
- identify, study, and strengthen communication systems (including but not limited to extension) among livestock producers, businesses, researchers, and consumers
One of nine CRSP programs developed under Title XII of the International Development and Food Assistance Act of 1975.