Livestock is recognized as one of the major drivers of current and future global change. This is caused on the … with little additional land, in the past decades, can be expected in the livestock sector in the future. To answer this … (GLOBIOM), expanded by a newly developed livestock module. The livestock module is based on the Sere and Steinfeld livestock …

The various ways in which livestock production systems can be incorporated into economic, partial-equilibrium, multi …-market models are presented, and the challenges outlined. A particular focus and illustrative case is livestock feed. Foremost among … the challenges is the reconciliation of scientific understanding of livestock feed requirements and production …

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 …

productivity growth for crops, ruminants and non-ruminant livestock, on a global basis. We then follow with tests for convergence … the sample are likely to experience larger productivity gains in livestock than in crops. Within livestock, the non …

dry areas, households’ accumulate livestock wealth, structural and cognitive social capital as insurance against risks and … livestock wealth and structural social capital as insurance against risks as we move from wet to dryer areas. Results from … abilities, it is therefore desirable to promote measures aimed at enhancing livestock wealth and structural social capital as …