However, the nature of livestock farming is determined by policy and institutional frameworks that rarely favour the poor.

"The assessment builds on the work of the Livestock, Environment and Development (LEAD) Initiative"--Pref.

The good practice guidelines - which form the basis of an interactive policymaker's tool kit included on a CD accompanying the book - relate not only to the more focused problem of encouraging increased fertilizer use by farmers, but also to the broader challenge of creating the type of enabling environment that is needed to support the emergence of efficient, dynamic and commercially viable fertilizer marketing systems."--Jacket.