Meeting the projected doubling in demand for milk, meat and eggs in lower-income countries in the next 40 years offers huge opportunities for more than a billion people who rely on the livestock industry for their livelihoods.
Globally, small-scale farmers and herders supply more than 40% of the world’s milk, 70% of the world’s lamb, 50% of the world’s beef, 60% of the world’s pork and 50% of the world’s poultry.
Contributing an average of 40% of agricultural gross domestic product worldwide, livestock must receive vastly more public investment than it does today.