Livestock's Long Shadow
Livestock's Long Shadow

Author: Henning Steinfeld

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 9789251055717

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"The assessment builds on the work of the Livestock, Environment and Development (LEAD) Initiative"--Pref.

Tackling Climate Change Through Livestock
Tackling Climate Change Through Livestock

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 139

ISBN-13: 925107920X

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Greenhouse gas emissions by the livestock sector could be cut by as much as 30 percent through the wider use of existing best practices and technologies. FAO conducted a detailed analysis of GHG emissions at multiple stages of various livestock supply chains, including the production and transport of animal feed, on-farm energy use, emissions from animal digestion and manure decay, as well as the post-slaughter transport, refrigeration and packaging of animal products. This report represents the most comprehensive estimate made to-date of livestocks contribution to global warming as well as the sectors potential to help tackle the problem. This publication is aimed at professionals in food and agriculture as well as policy makers.

Productivity Growth, 'catching-up' and Trade in Livestock Products
Productivity Growth, 'catching-up' and Trade in Livestock Products

Author:

Publisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 9789291461165

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This document starts with a discussion on the scope for improvements in livestock technology and measuring aggregate productivity. It then looks into productivity growth, 'catching up' and technical change and productivity growth and decomposition for 1961-97. It also examines productivity forecasts with reference to catching-up and the logistic function and technical change-estimation of the frontier and forecasting. It also summarises for trade: projections to 2005 including trade model and database and macro-economic projections. The paper places particular emphasis on East Asian countries, and especially China.

Food Security Effects of Intensified Dairying
Food Security Effects of Intensified Dairying

Author: F. K. Tangka

Publisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9789291461219

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This study examines the food security and marketed surplus effects of intensified dairying in a peri-urban area of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where a market-oriented dairy production (MODP) system has been introduced for smallholders. The system involved the introduction of crossbred cows and the utilisation of complementary feed and management technologies for increased dairy production. In this system, increased milk production is treated as a commercial product. Data have also been collected for a group of farmers using traditional technology and are used for comparison.