About 40 million people in the world, almost half of them African pastoralists, depend almost entirely on livestock for their livelihoods. Animal husbandry on rangelands produces about 23 % of the world cattle meat, with 13 % of this production originating from Africa. Sub-Saharan
Africa (SSA) has 40 % of the world’s rangelands and shelters 55 % of the cattle in arid and semi-arid areas livestock systems. 
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The Forest-Livestock Interface
Wednesday, 13 April 2011 06:14
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