Livestock in a Changing Landscape, Volume 2

Experiences and Regional Perspectives

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology, Agriculture & Animal Husbandry, Nature, Environment, Environmental Conservation & Protection
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Author: Pierre Gerber ISBN: 9781597269278
Publisher: Island Press Publication: September 26, 2012
Imprint: Island Press Language: English
Author: Pierre Gerber
ISBN: 9781597269278
Publisher: Island Press
Publication: September 26, 2012
Imprint: Island Press
Language: English

The rapidly changing nature of animal production systems, especially increasing intensification and globalization, is playing out in complex ways around the world. Over the last century, livestock keeping evolved from a means of harnessing marginal resources to produce items for local consumption to a key componof global food chains. Livestock in a Changing Landscape offers a comprehensive examination of these important and far-reaching trends.

The books are an outgrowth of a collaborative effort involving international nongovernmental organizations including the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO), the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the Swiss College of Agriculture (SHL), the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Developm(CIRAD), and the Scientific Committee for Problems of the Environm(SCOPE).

Volume 1 examines the forces shaping change in livestock production and management; the resulting impacts on landscapes, land use, and social systems; and potential policy and managemresponses.

Volume 2 explores needs and draws experience from region-specific contexts and detailed case studies. The case studies describe how drivers and consequences of change play out in specific geographical areas, and how public and private responses are shaped and implemented.

Together, the volumes presnew, sustainable approaches to the challenges created by fundamental shifts in livestock managemand production, and represan essential resource for policy makers, industry managers, and academics involved with this issue

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The rapidly changing nature of animal production systems, especially increasing intensification and globalization, is playing out in complex ways around the world. Over the last century, livestock keeping evolved from a means of harnessing marginal resources to produce items for local consumption to a key componof global food chains. Livestock in a Changing Landscape offers a comprehensive examination of these important and far-reaching trends.

The books are an outgrowth of a collaborative effort involving international nongovernmental organizations including the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO), the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the Swiss College of Agriculture (SHL), the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Developm(CIRAD), and the Scientific Committee for Problems of the Environm(SCOPE).

Volume 1 examines the forces shaping change in livestock production and management; the resulting impacts on landscapes, land use, and social systems; and potential policy and managemresponses.

Volume 2 explores needs and draws experience from region-specific contexts and detailed case studies. The case studies describe how drivers and consequences of change play out in specific geographical areas, and how public and private responses are shaped and implemented.

Together, the volumes presnew, sustainable approaches to the challenges created by fundamental shifts in livestock managemand production, and represan essential resource for policy makers, industry managers, and academics involved with this issue

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