Improving animal production

In 1993, UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) ran several projects to improve local animal production systems. In Benin, FAO conducted a snail raising programme that involved teaching farmers snail management techniques, housing, feeding and processing. In a similar endeavour, an ostrich production and marketing specialist helped the government of Namibia to assess domestic and export market potential and constraints for ostriches and their products.

1. Improving productivity
2. Improving food self-sufficiency
3. Improving
4. Applying technologies for improved food production

1. Increasing productivity of draught animal power
2. Expanding small animal products
3. Expanding saleable animal products
4. Establishing animal protein production

1. Reducing surplus domestic animal production
2. Distributing surplus domestic animal production

1. Testing animal health products
2. Regionalizing animal production
3. Ensuring farm animal productivity
4. Controlling animal diseases

1. Reducing nitrogen and phosphoric pollution from animal production

1. Prohibiting trade in animal products of endangered species
2. Abstaining from productivity in farm animals

1. Skins and fur skins shortage
2. Shortage of leather, miscellaneous leather manufactures and dressed fur skins
3. Loss of animal productivity
4. Instability of trade in undressed hides, skins and fur skins
5. Instability of trade in undressed hides and non-fur skins
6. Instability of trade in dressed fur skins
7. Indiscriminate slaughter of animals for pelts
8. Environmental hazards from undressed hides, skins and fur skins

1. Unproductivity
2. Underproduction
3. Overproduction
4. Counterproductivity