These proceedings contain papers, abstracts and posters of the Regional Conference on
Sustainable Animal Agriculture and Crisis Mitigation in Livestock-dependent Systems in
Southern Africa that took place at Malawi Institute of Management (MIM) in Lilongwe, Malawi,
from 30th October to 1st November 2000. A keynote paper opens each theme and is followed
by scientific contributions, short communications, and abstracts. Posters are published as
short communications and/or abstracts. These proceedings are organised as follows:
Session 1 Livestock Management and Improvement (16 papers)
Session 2 Policy Analysis, Socio-economics and Sustainable Integrated Animal Health (4
papers)
Session 3 Crisis Mitigation in Livestock-dependent Systems - Held as a mini workshop within
the conference (2 papers)
Session 4 Product Enhancement and Human Resources Development (4 papers)
Session 5 Short Communications (4 papers)
Session 6 Abstracts (10 abstracts)