the impact of regulating greenhouse gas emissions on livestock trade flows using a commodity specific gravity model … approach. This study finds that regulating greenhouse gas emissions has a negative effect on livestock trade flows from …

examine recently revised Clean Water Act (CWA) regulations targeting large-scale livestock operations to identify and quantify …

This study investigates the long term adjustments to drought by crop and livestock sectors using a dynamic partial … highly disaggregated livestock production sectors in tandem with observed and projected quarterly data on U.S. drought … result in model predicted crop price increases that cause livestock inventory reductions due to reduced expected future …

Climate change could affect the costs and returns of livestock production by altering the thermal environment of … animals thereby affecting animal health, reproduction, and the efficiency by which livestock convert feed into retained … products (especially meat and milk). In the United States, concentrated livestock operations are located in a variety of …

Studies of total factor productivity in livestock production are rare, but when available provide useful information … especially in the context of developing countries such as China where livestock is becoming more important in the domestic … agricultural economy. We estimate total factor productivity (TFP) for four major livestock products in China employing the …

productivity (TFP) growth for crops and livestock accounting for input-output allocation. This paper extends previous work on TFP … measurement for livestock into ruminants and non-ruminant productivity measurement, given the differences in productivity growth … most of the productivity growth within the livestock sector. Given the rapid rates of productivity growth observed recently …

This paper presents a case study of how livestock policies are made and implemented in a national context, and how they … livestock for some portion of their livelihood, yet, the sector has not received significant state or private investment, nor … supplemented with official documents, newspaper sources and recently published research on the livestock sector. Interviews helped …

This paper presents a case study of how livestock policies are made and implemented in a national context, and how they … can be improved to better serve the interests of the poor. Livestock are extremely important in Ethiopia and could play a … key role in pro-poor development strategy. Livestock are estimated to contribute to the livelihoods of 60-70% of the …