Implementing Politically Feasible PRO-POOR Livestock Policies in Senegal

PPLPI Policy Brief

Political and macro-economic constraints frequently limit livestock;s potencial contribution to improving rural livelihoods. Understanding these political frameworks is key to creating successful policies and proyects in the sector. In Senegal, aproximately one-third of all households depend on livestock for some portion of their livelihood. Yet, the sector has not received significant state or private investment, nor has it received a significant amount of bi-lateral and international assistance. Poor producers in the sector remain relatively unogarnised and disadvantaged in the policy-formation process. acro-economic forces and the distributions of political influence focus state attention on the concerns of large-scale producers rather than on the concers of poor producers.