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The Economic and Sociocultural Role of Livestock in the Wellbeing of Rural Communities of Timor-Leste

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  • Elisa M. V. Bettencourt

    (Universidade de Évora and ICAAM)

  • Mário Tilman

    (Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa’e)

  • Pedro D.S. Henriques

    (Universidade de Évora and CEFAGE)

  • Vanda Narciso

    (Universidade de Évora)

  • Maria Leonor S. Carvalho

    (Universidade de Évora and ICAAM)

Abstract
The livestock species play very important economic and socio-cultural roles for the wellbeing of rural households, such as food supply, source of income, asset saving, source of employment, soil fertility, livelihoods, transport, agricultural traction, agricultural diversification and sustainable agricultural production. The aim of this work was to identify and characterize the different roles that livestock and livestock species play in rural communities of Timor-Leste, highlighting the importance of animal production for the wellbeing and rural development, and relate the functions performed by livestock production with economic, social and cultural attributes of the communities. The data used in this study were collected in 2011 through a questionnaire survey in three rural communities in the district of Bobonaro -mountain area, irrigation plain and coastal zone, and were complemented with secondary data. Livestock production in Timor-Leste is predominantly familiar being chickens, pigs, goats, cattle, horses, buffaloes and sheep the main species. Beyond the economic function, each livestock species also performs social and cultural functions.

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  • Elisa M. V. Bettencourt & Mário Tilman & Pedro D.S. Henriques & Vanda Narciso & Maria Leonor S. Carvalho, 2013. "The Economic and Sociocultural Role of Livestock in the Wellbeing of Rural Communities of Timor-Leste," CEFAGE-UE Working Papers 2013_01, University of Evora, CEFAGE-UE (Portugal).
    • Handle: RePEc:cfe:wpcefa:2013_01
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    Cited by:

    1. M. Conceição Rego & Conceição Freire & Isabel Ramos & Andreia Dionísio & M. Saudade Baltazar & M. Raquel Lucas, 2017. "Urban-Rural Connections and Development Perspectives In Portugal," CEFAGE-UE Working Papers 2017_04, University of Evora, CEFAGE-UE (Portugal).
    2. Phoebe R. Spencer & Debra S. Judge, 2021. "Relationships of Resource Strategies, Family Composition, and Child Growth in Two Rural Timor-Leste Communities," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 10(7), pages 1-11, July.

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    Keywords

    Timor-Leste; Livestock; Economic function; Socio-cultural function; Wellbeing; Development.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • Q1 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture
    • Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
    • Q19 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Other
    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products

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