includinq the prctecticn cf anir.1al bealth aL~ ir.1r;rcve stccks. Hioh pricrity is acccrJed tc sclvir_q r..arketir:q ar.d trar:spcrt prcblems. Ir: Uqar:ua, prcjects fer the livestcck sector tc ~e ur­ dertaken \lithin the frar:~eviork of the Recovery Prc.qrar."T.:e ·,;ill lay emphasis on disease control ar:d the rehatilitaticr. cf rar.chir_q schemes, the ;~cultry inlustry ar.d ether ur:it::; v.hich J:r·ccess live­ stock products. In Se neoal the 1 i vestcck have yet tc• reccve r fully frcr:1 the 1S72/73 drcuqht, J:ut the rebuiluir.c:; cf herds is prcceedirq smccthly. The i~crease ir. the cattle her~ frc~ 2.2 million head in 1S72 to the preser,t 2.3 million r.:::an be ccr.siC.ered ncrr.,al. Ir Ethiopia a series cf steps loave r;eer· taj.~er tc ratiorali~e ar.d mcderr.ize traditioral ar.imal husban~ry. 'I''hey ir,­ cl uG.e ccr..prehe r:si ve va cci r:a ti or prcqrar.nes thrcuqli cut the country, the borinq cf \>ater wells ard the ccr;structicn of access roads. 68. In other countries the 1 i vestee}; sectcr has net recei vet'i suff icie r:t qcverr..me r.t support, despite its ir::pcrta r.cc tc tlte eccr:cmies. Ir. the Upper Vclta, fer exar.:ple, the share cf the 50 E/ECA/cr:. S/5 livestock sector ir, tlle State budqet declined from 20 per cer:t in 1960 to a mere 0. 7 per cent i r: 1979. V.oreover, the devel cp­ ment of the &ector is held back by environmental fuctors (lack cf adequate resources and irre~ular rain) and the type cf ar:imal husbandry used (semi-nomadic). Full development of the sector, involvinq basic chanqes in the way livestock- are exploited, '<Jill require suhsta r:tia 1 expe r:di ture. Fer the perioc 1982-1986, the Government departrnert responsible fer livestock estir.ates the required expenditure at CFJ\F 26,850 million (CFJ~F 5.4 billion a year), or around 2 per cer,t of GDP and 12.5 per cer:t of capital 