Comprehensive Livestock Driven Typology for Food and Nutrition Security in Mali

Abstract

To guide the selection and design of appropriate interventions for increasing the production and consumption of animal-sourced foods, in this paper we propose a spatial typology based on a comprehensive food and nutrition security (FNS) framework for livestock in Mali. This framework has four dimensions or pillars, i.e. potential, availability, access and utilization. Using data for each of the four dimensions, efficiency and average performance in terms of livestock production, access and utilization are estimated at sub-national levels. Whereas nutritional status will be used to set priority levels, measure of efficiency is used to guide locations where appropriate investments in livestock will produce more benefits in terms of food security, employment and poverty alleviation. To assess production potential for the livestock sector, we use the stochastic frontier framework (SFF) which allows for the estimation of both livestock efficiency and its drivers.