Executive summary: The report evaluates influencing national subsidy policies to hinder intensification of animal agriculture in Nigeria through lobbying, concluding there is insufficient evidence to recommend the intervention but outlining questions for further research.
Key points:
Growth in animal farming will be highest in sub-Saharan Africa; subsidies may facilitate intensification but evidence is limited and context-specific.
Evidence is insufficient to recommend lobbying to influence subsidy policies in Nigeria; landscape of animal agriculture not well mapped, policy influence seems very challenging.
Recommends research to map distribution of farming systems and understand drivers of intensification before designing interventions.
Questions for research include: mapping animal production systems, nature of intensification, role of subsidies and other drivers, government policies, external influences, farmer motivations and implications of reducing intensification.
Alternative intervention could be research project to address key knowledge gaps.
Does not recommend implementing the intervention; recommends further research through questions outlined.
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Executive summary: The report evaluates influencing national subsidy policies to hinder intensification of animal agriculture in Nigeria through lobbying, concluding there is insufficient evidence to recommend the intervention but outlining questions for further research.
Key points:
Growth in animal farming will be highest in sub-Saharan Africa; subsidies may facilitate intensification but evidence is limited and context-specific.
Evidence is insufficient to recommend lobbying to influence subsidy policies in Nigeria; landscape of animal agriculture not well mapped, policy influence seems very challenging.
Recommends research to map distribution of farming systems and understand drivers of intensification before designing interventions.
Questions for research include: mapping animal production systems, nature of intensification, role of subsidies and other drivers, government policies, external influences, farmer motivations and implications of reducing intensification.
Alternative intervention could be research project to address key knowledge gaps.
Does not recommend implementing the intervention; recommends further research through questions outlined.
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