Mini-Livestock keeping

Spore provides us with an overview of the burgeoning Mini-Livestock space:

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The need to produce animal protein for a relatively modest investment is more pressing than ever at a time when the price of fish and meat, including imported products, is soaring in most countries. Mini livestock keeping should not be seen as a rival to classic livestock rearing, but as a complement to other farming activities...Studies have shown that in some parts of Central and West Africa, consumers prefer so-called bush meat, considered a great delicacy, to beef or lamb. In the major towns, clients nostalgic for the flavours of their home villages are prepared to pay a premium for farmed game and giant snails. This trend is helping to promote peri-urban and even urban farming of these small species. Mini livestock keeping is an affordable solution for women, young people and landless farmers, since it generally requires little space

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