The Livestock Development Policy (LDP)
June 1995
PREFACE
This document was prepared as a foundation to the Livestock Development Policy in Swaziland and to serve mainly as a guide out of the livestock crises currently prevailing in the country.
It makes transparent the long-term goals in the industry and provides the direction to achieving them especially in the circumstances where no land use policy has been in existence and the question of land tenure has not been fully addressed as one of the main vehicles for national development.
It comes at a time when the problems of overstocking, serious overgrazing, land degradation, and river and dam siltation have reached alarming proportions with serious damaging consequences on the country's land and water resource bases.
No effort has therefore been made to provide statistical and sub-sectoral detail in this document as these would require more time.
DR. R.S. THWALA
DIRECTOR OF VETERINARY SERVICES
PREFACE
1. INTRODUCTION
2. BACKGROUND
3. PRESENT SITUATION AND RECENT TRENDS
5. MANDATE
6. LONG TERM GOALS AND ASPIRATIONS
7. GENERAL POLICY GUIDELINES FOR LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT
8. POLICY OBJECTIVES FOR LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT
8.1 Animal Health and Production Extension
8.2 Livestock Marketing
8.3 Process Industries
8.4 Cost-recovery and Commercialisation of Livestock Development
8.5 Veterinary and Livestock Research
8.6 Promotion of Livestock Enterprises and Entrepreneurship
8.7 Sanitation and Meat Hygiene Standards Assurance
8.8 National Herd Improvement
8.9 Livestock Nutrition
8.10 Legislation
8.11 Communication
8.12 Disease Prevention and Delivery of Animal Health Care
8.13 Range Conservation and Management
9. STRATEGIES FOR ACHIEVING THE OBJECTIVES
9.1 Livestock Extension
9.2 Livestock Quality and Off-take
9.3 Livestock Marketing
9.4 Cost-recovery and Commercialisation of Livestock Development
9.5 Promotion of Livestock Enterprises and Entrepreneurship
9.6 Maintenance of good Range and Pasture Management Practices
9.7 Livestock and Veterinary Research
9.8 National Herd Improvement
9.9 Livestock Nutrition
9.10 Competent Manpower and Resource Development
9.11 Sanitation and Hygiene Standards Assurance
9.12 Disease Prevention and Delivery of Animal Health Care Services
9.13 Supportive Legislation
9.14 Cattle Branding
10. MISSION
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