regarded as a more economical means to produce livestock or poultry, this study hypothesized the subcontractors are socially … disqualified on the grounds of having minimal professional autonomy or knowledge on the actual breeding or management of livestock …

Farm level cross sectional data of 556 randomly selected livestock producers were used to investigate the … livestock sector for wealth creation and poverty eradication in the rural areas where poverty is more pronounced, there is a … need to invest in market infrastructure in order to improve market access, hence profit efficiency of smallholder livestock …

The various ways in which livestock production systems can be incorporated into economic, partial-equilibrium, multi …-market models are presented, and the challenges outlined. A particular focus and illustrative case is livestock feed. Foremost among … the challenges is the reconciliation of scientific understanding of livestock feed requirements and production …

This study assesses the level of sophistication of livestock products in Africa by evaluating technology intensity and … economic complexity of each product. Using trade data from 1995 to 2012, livestock commodity exports are classified based on … fifth of African livestock commodity exports are manufactured with low technology while the rest is composed of raw …

To better understand the magnitude of the effects of livestock feeding operations on residential property values, we … constructed a new dataset that merges data on home sales with data on the location and size of livestock feeding operations in … of livestock feeding operation. We find that livestock operations have an overall statistically significant effect on …

Agriculture and livestock are key components of the livelihoods of the poor. Livestock make a substantial contribution … livestock and the possible impact of livestock policies on the poor. The aim of the analysis presented in this paper is twofold … livestock plays in and for household’s income and income sources; secondly, based on the findings, set up household typologies …

the effects of invasive species introduction on decision making in a livestock sector (e.g., production and feeding). The … framework integrates an epidemiological model, a dynamic livestock production model, domestic consumption, and international … trade. The integrated approach captures producer and consumer responses and welfare outcomes of livestock disease outbreaks …