LDPS2
Livestock Development Planning System
| Main Features | Tour Map | Download | LDPS2 Application |


The Livestock Development Planning System version 2 (LDPS2) is a personal computer based planning and training tool designed for livestock development planners. It aims at supporting decision-making in livestock development planning.

LDPS2 helps to:

  • identify and quantify the herd/flock composition and size required to meet the given demand of meat and milk,

  • identify and quantify the feed and livestock constraints in meeting demand,

  • assess various livestock development programmes or projects on different scales (farm, watershed, region, country), ....
Need more information?

Please contact:

Livestock Information
Sector Analysis and Policy Branch (AGAL)
FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
Rome 00100, Italy.

Henning Steinfeld
Chief, AGAL
FAO HQ, Room C-542
Tel: +39 06 570 54751
Fax: +39 06 570 55749


Pius Chilonda
Information Analyst
FAO HQ, Room C-508
Tel: +39 06 570 56691
Main features
  • Spreadsheet-based application with 3 main calculation routines;

    The Demand driven routine calculates the size, composition and feed (energy and protein) requirements of the livestock herd with a given demand for production and parameters concerning productivity. In addition to meat and milk production, LDPS2 also calculates production of hide/skins, wool/hair, manure and draught power supply.

    The Herd growth routine calculates the growth of herds with their base year structure and investigates the severity of the “growth constraint” on reaching the desired production demand.

    The Resource driven routine figures the size and composition of a herd and possible production quantities with available feed resources.

  • Feed Resource Inventory
    The Feed Resource Inventory defines the types and extent of available feed resources. These are allocated to production systems either by the user or automatically, using default values.

  • Sensitivity Analysis
    The Sensitivity Analysis tests the results by changing parameter values.
  • LDPS2 has calculation routines for dairy cattle, beef cattle, sheep, goats, buffaloes, pigs and poultry, and up to four production systems can be modelled for each species. The user can apply LDPS2 at both farm and national level.
  • English and French versions are available
Tour Map of LDPS2 will take you on a tour of LDPS2

See some LDPS2 application so far

Download LDPS2 and the user's guide
top
Copyright © 1998 FAO. All rights reserved.