In developing countries, most people (60 to 75 percent) are engaged in agriculture. Crops and animals are usually produced on the same farm with small plot of land (1 to 3 ha). Most farmers in developing countries can be classified as smallholder, most of them live in rural areas and some in peri-urban. The role and contribution of animals in rural farms are far more complex than that in specialized commercial farms since there exist so close and sophisticated relationships among farm family, animals, crops, social and agricultural systems. The purposes of this book are to highlight the role and contributions of smallholder animal systems in developing countries which are mostly in the tropical region, their potentials for development, and certain aspects and issues related to the sustainability of the smallholder animal production. The book deals mainly with ruminant animals, while pig and poultry also form important part of the farming systems. It is hope that the book will be useful not only to college students, teachers, and scientists but also to professionals interested in international livestock development and research planning.

Part 1 Sustainable Agriculture And Animal Production
Chapter 1 Smallholder farmers and food security
Chapter 2 Sustainable agriculture as an approach to economic self-sufficiency
Chapter 3 Role of livestock in enhancing human welfare
Chapter 4 Small-farm animal production and sustainable agriculture
Chapter 5 Challenges facing animal production in Asia
Part 2 Smallholder Animal Production In Mixed Crop-Animal Farming Systems: Village Farms In Thailand
Chapter 6 Villages in northeastern Thailand
Chapter 7 Smallholder animal production systems in villages
Chapter 8 Problems and constraints

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