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The ‘Livestock Revolution’ – can poor livestock-keepers benefit?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

Christie Peacock*
Affiliation:
FARM-Africa, 9-10 Southampton Place, London, WC1A 2EA
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Abstract

The projected increase in global demand for animal products, recently termed ‘the Livestock Revolution’, presents livestock keepers, in both the developed and the developing world, with many opportunities but also some problems. The increase in demand, mainly in South and South-East Asia, is described, disaggregated by region and product type. Some of the implications, in terms of the environment, public health, grain prices etc, of this increase in demand are also identified.

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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2002

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