We measure if and to what extent livestock sales during food shortages affect the wealth value of livestock. For this … purpose we exploit monthly market prices of meat and staple foods in Malawi, for up to 72 locations (towns, villages and … markets), for the period from January 1991 to December 2009. The empirical evidence is consistent with increased livestock …

) enterprises. Few producers can supply quality livestock products at high volumes, leading some meat and milk processors to favour …This paper presents an overview of the livestock sector in Central Asia using national statistics and field survey data … specialise in meat production, reliant on long chains of intermediaries. Only in Kazakhstan do international agreements …

the livestock asset dynamics using both non-parametric and semi-parametric techniques to establish the shape of the asset … accumulation path and to determine whether multiple equilibria exist. More specifically, using tropical livestock units as a … measure of livestock accumulation over time, we show not only that these assets converge to a single equilibrium but that …