Managing the Livestock Revolution : Policy and Technology to Address the Negative Impacts of a Fast-Growing Sector

Fueled by fast-expanding demand, the production of meat and milk in the developing world has doubled in recent decades, and this trend is expected to continue. This expanding sector can provide income, employment, and high quality nutrition for vulnerable groups, and in many areas of the world, esse...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Agricultural Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AIR QUALITY ANIMAL ANIMAL AGRICULTURE ANIMAL DENSITIES ANIMAL DISEASE ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL ANIMAL DISEASES ANIMAL FEEDING ANIMAL HEALTH ANIMAL PRODUCT ANIMAL PRODUCT CONSUMPTION ANIMAL PRODUCTION ANIMAL PRODUCTS ANIMAL WASTE ANIMAL WELFARE ANIMALS ARABLE LAND AVIAN INFLUENZA BEEF BIODIVERSITY BIRDS BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY BREEDING BREEDING ANIMALS BSE CARBON CHEMICAL FERTILIZER CHILD MORBIDITY CITIZENS CONSUMPTION PATTERNS DAIRY DAIRY FARMS DAIRY PRODUCTION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISEASE CONTROL DISEASE OUTBREAKS DISEASE SURVEILLANCE DISSEMINATION EAST EUROPEAN ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECOSYSTEM ELDERLY EMISSIONS ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EXTERNALITIES FARM FARMERS FARMS FEED FEED CONVERSION FEED GRAIN FEED MANAGEMENT FEED PRODUCTION FEED USE FEED-PRODUCING AREAS FERTILITY INPUTS FISH FISHERIES FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOOD SAFETY FOOD SAFETY STANDARDS FOOD-BORNE DISEASES FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOSSIL FUELS FUTURE GROWTH GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT GOVERNMENT POLICIES GREENHOUSE GAS GROUNDWATER HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH RISKS HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEMS HEAVY METALS HOUSING HUMAN HEALTH HUMAN POPULATION IMMUNITY IMPROVED LIVELIHOODS INCOME INDUSTRIAL MEAT PRODUCTION INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INFLATION INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSURANCE INTEGRATION INTENSIVE LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERVENTION LAND USE LEATHER LEGISLATION LIFESTYLES LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK DENSITY LIVESTOCK ENVIRONMENT LIVESTOCK ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS LIVESTOCK FARMS LIVESTOCK MANURE LIVESTOCK NUMBERS LIVESTOCK POPULATIONS LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS LIVESTOCK RESEARCH LIVESTOCK REVOLUTION LIVESTOCK SECTOR LIVESTOCK SPECIALISTS LIVESTOCK UNITS LIVESTOCK WASTE LIVESTOCK WASTE MANAGEMENT LIVESTOCK-POLLUTION LIVESTOCKENVIRONMENT LIVESTOCKENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MANURE MANURE APPLICATION MANURE MANAGEMENT MANURE STORAGE MEAT MEAT PRODUCTION MILK MILK CONSUMPTION MILK PRODUCTION MONOPOLIES MORTALITY NATIONAL BOUNDARIES NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL LEVELS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NUTRIENT LOADING NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT NUTRITION ORGANIC MATTER PATTERNS OF PRODUCTION PIG PIGS POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLITICAL POWER PORK PORK INDUSTRY POULTRY POULTRY MEAT POULTRY PRODUCTION POULTRY SECTOR POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCERS PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC AWARENESS PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SUPPORT RURAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICE PROVIDERS SKILLED STAFF SMALL RUMINANTS SMALLHOLDERS SOCIAL EQUITY SOIL FERTILITY SOILS SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SPECIES SPILLOVER SUPPLY CHAINS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SWINE TRANSPORTATION URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION VACCINATION VACCINATION CAMPAIGNS VACCINES VETERINARY VETERINARY SERVICES VULNERABLE GROUPS WASTE RECYCLING WATER POLLUTION WATERSHED WESTERN EUROPE WOOL WOOL PROCESSING WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/7154808/managing-livestock-revolution-policy-technology-address-negative-impacts-fast-growing-sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8795

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Summary:	Fueled by fast-expanding demand, the production of meat and milk in the developing world has doubled in recent decades, and this trend is expected to continue. This expanding sector can provide income, employment, and high quality nutrition for vulnerable groups, and in many areas of the world, essential soil fertility inputs. However, as production grows, market forces, often supported by deliberate or unintended government policies, are causing, in particular in the pig and poultry sector, a spatial concentration of larger-size production units, mostly around urban areas, and an economic concentration of production, processing and retailing. This geographical and economic concentration of the livestock sector probably improves the affordability of meat and milk for the urban poor, and might create better-paid employment up- and downstream of the producer, but has significant negative effects on the environment, animal and human health, and social equity. This paper has the following contents: executive summary; setting the scene - demand patterns, supply patterns, and structural changes; effects of the livestock revolution - environmental, public health, equity, and farm-size interactions; technical solutions, policy and institutional support mechanisms, and current activities, rationale for international involvement, and the way forward.

Managing the Livestock Revolution : Policy and Technology to Address the Negative Impacts of a Fast-Growing Sector

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