Partnerships to increase pig production in Uganda
Livestock is the world’s fastest-growing, highest-value agricultural subsector, accounting for about 40% of agricultural gross domestic product globally. Driven by rising incomes, demand for animal-source foods in Africa and Asia is expected to increase up to 200% by 2030. Efficient crop and livestock production and natural resource use will drive employment, environmental, nutrition and income gains in a subsector likely to be dominated by smallholders. In 2012, the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish began working in nine countries to increase access to animal-source foods by the...