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Livestock in a Changing Landscape, Volume 2
Pierre Gerber
Harold A. Mooney
Jeroen Dijkman
Shirley Tarawali
Cees de Haan
其他書名
Experiences and Regional Perspectives
出版
Island Press
, 2010-01-29
主題
Nature / General
Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection
Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture
ISBN
1597266728
9781597266727
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=HnZFAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
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 component of 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 Development (CIRAD), and the Scientific Committee for Problems of the Environment (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 management responses.
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 present new, sustainable approaches to the challenges created by fundamental shifts in livestock management and production, and represent an essential resource for policy makers, industry managers, and academics involved with this issue