In 2022, the nomadic population, comprising just over 10 percent of the Somali population, faced the highest levels of monetary, non-monetary, and extreme poverty, along with the greatest inequality. Nomadic households have the highest poverty rates and often lack sufficient livestock to escape...

Auf globaler Ebene ist der Fleischmarkt durch eine zurückhaltende Importnachfrage bei ausreichend verfügbaren Exportmengen der Hauptproduktionsregionen gekennzeichnet. Etwas anders ist die Situation auf dem Rindfleischmarkt. Insbesondere die USA und China zeigen einen hohen Importbedarf. Der...

Climate change is making El Niños more frequent and intense. Therefore, understanding the effects of El-Niño-induced climatic events is essential to designing effective coping and adaptation strategies. We identify the impact of the 2015-16 El-Niño-induced large-scale drought on smallholder...

Auf globaler Ebene ist der Fleischmarkt durch eine zurückhaltende Importnachfrage bei ausreichend verfügbaren Exportmengen der Hauptproduktionsregionen gekennzeichnet. Etwas anders ist die Situation auf dem Rindfleischmarkt. Insbesondere die USA und China zeigen einen hohen Importbedarf. Der...

Auf globaler Ebene ist der Schweinefleischmarkt durch eine zurückhaltende Importneigung insbesondere Chinas geprägt. Trotz begrenzter Produktionssteigerungen steht genügend Schweinefleisch für Exporte zur Verfügung. Ziemlich entgegengesetzt ist die Situation auf dem Rindfleischmarkt....

Auf globaler Ebene ist der Schweinefleischmarkt durch eine zurückhaltende Importneigung insbesondere Chinas geprägt. Trotz begrenzter Produktionssteigerungen steht genügend Schweinefleisch für Exporte zur Verfügung. Ziemlich entgegengesetzt ist die Situation auf dem Rindfleischmarkt....

The livestock sector in Bangladesh plays a significant role in employment, contributing to 14.5 percent of overall employment and over one-third of the agricultural sector's total employment. The Livestock and Dairy Development Project (LDDP), a $579 million initiative funded by the World Bank,...

In order to have economically sustainable and profitable farms, farmers need to manage and understand factors that impact farm output and costs. Many factors can influence farms' output and costs, such as soil quality, environmental conditions, farm size, farm system, farmers' experience, and so...

Ethiopia has one of the largest livestock populations in Africa. In 2016-2017, the share of live animals, leather, and meat in the total export of the country reached 9.6%. This paper aims to identify the determinants of the export of Ethiopian livestock products by means of vector...

Chad's gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 1.2 percent in 2021 - the second consecutive year of recession - driven by a two-month suspension of oil production at its Esso plants, economic disruptions due to sociopolitical insecurity, and liquidity constraints because of delays in debt...

The role of the increasing rodent population in grassland degradation on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP) is the subject of continuing debate. Rodenticides are used to control the population, but this measure threatens ecosystem biodiversity. We conducted a five-year grazing experiment to...

Production of livestock, poultry, and dairy are private sector-led industries contributing a third of the agricultural sector's output, despite relative neglect in terms of government support. The dual outbreak of African Swine Fever in 2019 and COVID19 pandemic in 2020 has renewed government...

"In Plantation Worlds, Maan Barua interrogates debates on planetary transformations through the histories and ecologies of plantations. Drawing on long-term research spanning fifteen years, Barua presents a unique ethnography attentive to the lives of both people and elephants amidst tea...

Despite its promise to help low-wealth households manage climate risk, index insurance remains hampered by downside basis risk, meaning that an insured party suffers a loss, but receives no payment because the insurance index fails to register a loss. While efforts to reduce basis risk focus on...

The share of activities allied to Agriculture have seen significant increase in the total Agriculture sector gross value added in India over the past few years. In this paper, we review the trajectory of ICTs and digital technologies in the food consumption aspects in India and activities allied...

This article examines the accumulation of precautionary wealth in Afghanistan using detailed data from a large household survey. A percent increase in income variance is associated with a 0.22 and 0.84% increase in broad and narrow wealth, respectively. This precautionary response is most...

In many developing countries, consumption of animal source foods among the poor is still at a level where increasing its share in total caloric intake may have many positive nutritional benefits. This paper explores whether ownership of various livestock species increases consumption of animal...

The present report reviews literature from throughout the world on methods and results of bioaerosol investigations in and around agricultural livestock farming and summarises the most important points. The global trend towards intensification and industrialisation of animal production, with...

Ethiopia is endowed with significant livestock resources and holds the largest livestock population in Africa, estimated at around 60 million cattle, 60 million sheep and goats, 52 million chickens, 4.5 million camels, 10 million bee colonies and 7.2 million equines. The livestock production and...

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...