Responding to the Livestock Revolution discusses the Livestock Revolution which is occuring in some developing countries and is foreseen to become a wider phenomenon over the next 20 years, due to increases in population, urbanisation and incomes.

Contents

1. Responding to the Increasing Global Demand for Animal Products: Implications for the Livelihoods of Livestock Producers in Developing Countries
2. Mapping Livestock and Poverty: A Tool for Targeting Research and Development
3. The Livestock Revolution - A View on Implications for Africa
4. The Impact of Trade Agreements on Livestock Producers
5. Disease and Biosecurity Constraints to Trade in Animal Products
6. The Potential Impact of Vietnam's Entry to the WTO on the Livelihoods of Smallholder Pig Producers and Small Pig Traders
7. The Contribution of Livestock to Smallholder Livelihoods: The Situation in Mexico
8. Small Animal Species in the Livelihoods of Small-Scale Farmers in Tropical Bolivia
9. Livestock, Land Use Change, and Environmental Outcomes in the Developing World
10. Demand-Driven Crop-Ruminant Intensification: Trans-Regional Analysis to Understand Patterns of Change Using Village Level Data from Three Continents
11. Effect of Intensification on Feed Management of Dairy Cows in the Central Highlands of Kenya
12. Ecological Impacts of Sustainable Systems for Smallholders in Vietnam
13. Research to Alleviate Poverty in the Face of Industrialisation of Livestock Production
14. Meeting the Increased Demand for Animal Products in Asia: Opportunities and Challenges for Research
15. Livestock and the Poor: Issues in Poverty-Focused Livestock Development
16. GM Technology: A Tool to Benefit Livestock Production
17. GM Technologies - Opportunities and Threats of Applying GM Technology in Less Developed and Developed Countries
18. Financing the Livestock Revolution in the Developing World: Givers and Getters
19. Knowledge Management and Dissemination for Livestock Production: Global Opportunities and Local Constraints
20. Development of Farmer Field School Methodology for Smallholder Dairy Farmers in Kenya
21. Demand and Supply Side Changes in the Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Milk Sector 1985-2002: Impact on Small-Scale Producers and Poor Consumers
22. Demand and Supply Changes in the Livestock Sector and Their Impact on Smallholders: The Case of Dairying in Kenya: A Summary
23. Demand and Supply Changes in the Dairy Sector in Kathmandu City: Impact on Smallholders
24. A Comparative Analysis of Milk Sectors - Nairobi, Kathmandu, Saaggnta Cruz: Opportunities for Pro-Poor Policies

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