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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

Despite its relevance for agricultural production, biodiversity and landscape aesthetics, grazing livestock is rarely considered in research on public landscape preferences. This paper studies public preferences for pasture usage in Germany by the means of a discrete choice experiment. The...

During the last decades substantial increases in both output as well as productivity have taken place in Argentine cereal and oilseed production. This has not been the case of livestock production, where both output as well as productivity increases have been modest. This paper - of an...

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...

Cover -- GREEN MEAT? -- Title -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Maps -- Preface -- PART ONE Problematizing "the Problem" -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Confronting Meatification -- 3 How Do Livestock Impact the Climate? -- 4 Does Meat Belong in a Sustainable Diet? --...

Die Dissertation leistet einen Beitrag zur interdisziplinären Phosphorforschung. Zunächst werden aus aktuellen Forschungsergebnissen die Eckpfeiler des nachhaltigen P-Managements abgeleitet. Sodann werden die für das P-Management relevanten Rechtsakte auf völker-, europa- und...

The rural household epitomizes the central socioeconomic unit of the vernacular village. The territorial resources, livestock and human capital shape the particular features of each place and zone. The present study relies upon field research, namely a questionnaire undertaken in 354 rural...

More cattle, less deforestation? Land use intensification in the Amazon is an unexpected phenomenon. Theories of hollow frontier, speculative behaviour and boom-bust all share the prediction that livestock production will remain largely extensive. Yet between 1996 and 2006 productivity of cattle...

Die Nutztierhaltung in Deutschland hat sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten zu einem wirtschaftlich sehr erfolgreichen Sektor entwickelt. Es wurden große Fortschritte in Bezug auf die Ressourceneffizienz erzielt. Gleichzeitig gibt es erhebliche Defizite vor allem im Bereich Tierschutz, aber auch im...

Much of the recent dynamism of the Brazilian agricultural sector occurred in activities developed in Brazil's South, Southeast and Midwest regions. Specifically, the Southeast region was responsible in 2006 for approximately 34% of the value of agricultural production according to data from the...