Urban livestock-keeping: Contributions to food and nutrition security

Abstract

When more and more people live in cities, there is increased need to produce food close to and within cities. The high value of livestock products and the increasing demand from the growing urban middle classes create a niche for urban livestock keeping, which contribute to the food security and the livelihoods of many different value chain actors. This chapter explores the different kinds of urban livestock keeping in low and middle-income countries and provides a view of the dynamics as well as the importance.

Keywords

Animal-source foods; Disease emergence; Food safety; Food security; Food-borne diseases; Sanitation; Urban agriculture; Urban livestock keeping; Urbanization; Vector-borne diseases; Zoonoses

Published in

Title: Encyclopedia of Food Security and Sustainability
Publisher: Elsevier

SLU Authors

• Lindahl, Johanna

  • Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    
  • International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
  • Uppsala University

• Magnusson, Ulf

  • Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Pathobiology
Animal and Dairy Science

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-100596-5.21531-X
• ISBN: 978-0-12-812687-5
• eISBN: 978-0-12-812688-2

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/130260