A quantitative framework for livestock development planning: Part 1—The planning context and an overview

This paper presents an overview of the nature and application of a simple quantitative framework for livestock development planning. This, hopefully, provides a useful tool for use in one typical planning situation—the estimation of resource requirements, the evaluation of resource constraints and the tracing of the implications of alternative development programmes in the achievement of specified production targets. Subsequent papers will present detailed descriptions of various components of the framework and a case study of its application.