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Table 5. Gross direct-use and traded values of livestock and poultry benefits to households in Ludaka.JPG (120.9 kB)

Table 5. Gross direct-use and traded values of livestock and poultry benefits to households in Ludaka

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posted on 2021-04-14, 13:44 authored by Shannon C Herd-Hoare, Charlie M. Shackleton
This study presents an integrated examination of both the ecosystem services (ES) and ecosystem disservices (EDS) associated with smallholder animal husbandry in rural livelihoods in three villages in southeast South Africa. It recognises the contribution of ES supporting and resulting from smallholder livestock and poultry production, but also details the limiting factors or EDS, such as tick-borne disease, birds of prey or unpalatable rangeland, produced by the same system. Using a mixed-methods approach, including focus group discussions with various Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) activities, key informant interviews, household surveys and land-use change mapping on GIS, we consider the relative value and benefits from ES after the effects of EDS, as well as the management and strategies that households adopt to minimise EDS

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