This study extends the recent debate on the rate of return on cattle rearing in India, triggered by Anagol, Etang, and Karlan (2017) and followed by others, to the Bangladeshi context and finds that the apparent paradox of widespread cattle rearing despite negative returns in India is absent in...

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...

When evaluating the moral impact of actions that affect animals in a utilitarian framework, numbers are used in calculations. However, there is a great disagreement among scholars involved with animal ethics, both in terms of how much different animals can suffer and how much that suffering...

In many western countries, rising public concern for the welfare of agricultural animals is reflected in the adoption of direct regulatory standards. The United States has taken a different path, preferring a "market regulation" approach whereby consumers express their preference for...

Population growth and rising affluence increase the demand for agricultural commodities. Associated growth in production increases dependency on natural resources in countries that attempt to meet part or all the new demand locally. This study assesses the impact of changing meat and milk...

In the WTO regime, surging imports have not only affected farm incomes but also employment in many developing countries. Consequent upon cheap imports and absence of adequate protection measures, safeguarding income and livelihood of poor farmers have emerged issues that need to be addressed by...

The occurrence of bushfires (wildfires) is increasing with climate change in many areas of the world. In Australia, the 2019/20 bushfire season involved a particularly severe and widespread fire emergency (the ‘Black Summer’ bushfires). Understanding of how exposure to bushfires affects...

Das Kompetenznetzwerk Nutztierhaltung, das Bundesministerin Klöckner 2019 als strategisches Beratungsgremium für die zukünftige Nutztierhaltung eingerichtet hat, hat der Ministerin am 11. Februar 2020 ein Empfehlungspapier übergeben. Zentrale Aussage darin ist die Einführung einer...

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...

Australia is experiencing cataclysmic weather events largely due to rising atmospheric temperatures caused by greenhouse gas emissions – climate change. A consequence of droughts, floods, fires, tempests and family disasters is the sale or loss of valuable stud stock. In normal trading...

This study looks at the performance of livestock production in Uruguay and Paraguay, analyzing two situations with different implications for development: the displacement of livestock by soybean production as occurred in Uruguay and in the Eastern region of Paraguay, and the expansion of the...

Biodiversity, landscape aesthetics and grazing livestock have significant relevance for agricultural production, however they are rarely considered in public landscape preferences research. This paper studies public preferences for pasture usage by the means of a discrete choice experiment using...

Introduction to The Elephant Tourism Business / John Koldowski, Eric Laws, Noel Scott and Xavier Font -- Section 1. Personal Experiences of Elephant Tourism -- Section 2. Expectations and Experiences of Interactions with Elephants -- Section 3. Ethical and Moral Perspectives -- Section 4....

This volume offers analysis regarding the historical transformations in the material conditions and ideological conceptions of nonhuman animals, alienated speciesism, the ecological crisis that is undermining the conditions of life for all species, and the capitalist commodification of animals...

Beschr.: Biologische Landwirtschaft ist im kompetenzorientierten Lehrplan der land- und forstwirtschaftlichen Fachschulen verankert. "Bio" ist aber mehr als nur der Verzicht auf Chemie: Ganzheitlich vernetztes Denken und ein möglichst geschlossener Betriebskreislauf mit einer vielfältigen...

New Meat Engagements: Cultures, Geographies, Economies -- From Ritual Loss of Life to Loss of Living Rituals: On Judicialization of Slaughter and Denial of Animal Death -- New Geographies of Global Meatification: The BRICS in the Industrial Meat Complex -- From Pastures to Feedlots, from Beef to...

Recently, the size of the animal pedigree is increasing. In particular, there are many cases of animal pedigree without trace. In this study, we propose a used blockchain ledger that guarantees reliability in respect to animal traceability by using smart contracts. The public blockchain is used...

It is alleged that larger farms are less willing to adopt animal welfare-friendly production systems, though empirically-based knowledge on this issue is still lacking. Therefore, the aim of this study is to analyze pig and sow producer preferences for the adoption of animal welfare standards...