Whois & Analysis for heifer.org

Heifer International (also known as Heifer Project International) is a global nonprofit working to eradicate poverty and hunger through sustainable, values-based holistic community development.

Heifer distributes animals, along with agricultural and values-based training, to families in need around the world as a means of providing self-sufficiency.

Recipients must agree to “pass on the gift” by sharing animal offspring, as well as the skills and knowledge of animal husbandry and agricultural training with other impoverished families.

Poverty is general scarcity or the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money.

It is a multifaceted concept, which includes social, economic, and political elements.

Absolute poverty or destitution refers to the lack of means necessary to meet basic needs such as food, clothing and shelter.

Absolute poverty is meant to be about the same independent of location.

Relative poverty occurs when people in a country do not enjoy a certain minimum level of living standards as compared to the rest of the population and so would vary from country to country, sometimes within the same country.

Malnutrition or malnourishment is a condition that results from eating a diet in which nutrients are either not enough or are too much such that the diet causes health problems.

It may involve calories, protein, carbohydrates, vitamins or minerals.

Not enough nutrients is called undernutrition or undernourishment while too much is called overnutrition.

Malnutrition is often used to specifically refer to undernutrition where an individual is not getting enough calories, protein, or micronutrients.

If undernutrition occurs during pregnancy, or before two years of age, it may result in permanent problems with physical and mental development.

Extreme undernourishment, known as starvation, may have symptoms that include: a short height, thin body, very poor energy levels, and swollen legs and abdomen.

People also often get infections and are frequently cold.

The symptoms of micronutrient deficiencies depend on the micronutrient that is lacking.

Economic development is the process by which a nation improves the economic, political, and social well-being of its people.

The term has been used frequently by economists, politicians, and others in the 20th and 21st centuries.

The concept, however, has been in existence in the West for centuries.

Modernization, Westernization, and especially Industrialization are other terms people have used while discussing economic development.

Economic development has a direct relationship with the environment and environmental issues.

Livestock are domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to produce commodities such as food, fiber, and labor.

The term is often used to refer solely to those raised for food, and sometimes only farmed ruminants, such as cattle and goats.

In recent years, some organizations have also raised livestock to promote the survival of rare breeds.

The breeding, maintenance, and slaughter of these animals, known as animal husbandry, is a component of modern agriculture that has been practiced in many cultures since humanity's transition to farming from hunter-gatherer lifestyles.