5 Breeding programmes in low-input systems
5.1 Description of low-input systems
Many of the world’s livestock will continue to
be kept by smallholders and pastoralists. These
producers often have limited access to external
inputs and to commodity markets. Even if external
inputs are locally available, there is usually little
cash available for their purchase. To quote LPPS
and Köhler-Rollefson (2005):