For the sole purpose of better understanding, livestock farming is simply the management and breeding of domestic livestock or the farming of animals to obtain their meat and other products such as milk, egg, leather, etc for home consumption and other commercial purposes.

It can also be described as the economic activity that involves raising domestic animals for human consumption. It is important to note that livestock farming guarantees a constant food supply of hides, skin, milk, eggs,s and other proceeds and products that could be obtained from these animals without necessarily going to hunt for them.