This book provides an overview of the state of animal agriculture and present methodologies and proposals to develop policies that result in sustainable and profitable animal production that will protect human and environmental health, enhance livelihood of smallholders and meet consumer needs....

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- List of tables -- List of figures -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Introduction -- PART I The impacts of animal farming on the planet -- 1 How to raise livestock - and how not to -- 2 The water footprint of animal products -- 3 Livestock and climate...