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...

This work addresses the relevance of immigrant communities in a specific agricultural sector, extensive livestock husbandry - pastoralism. This activity provides a primary source of employment and income specifically in inner and remote rural areas, where intensive farming systems are...

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...

Der vorliegende Bericht sichtet die weltweit verfügbare Literatur zu Methoden und Ergebnissen von Bioaerosoluntersuchungen in und um Landwirtschaftliche Nutztierhaltung und fasst die wichtigsten Punkte zusammen. Der weltweite Trend der Industrialisierung der Tierproduktion mit regionaler...

The present report reviews literature from throughout the world on methods and results of bioaerosol investigations in and around agricultural livestock farming and summarises the most important points. The global trend towards intensification and industrialisation of animal production, with...

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...

Der vorliegende Bericht sichtet die weltweit verfügbare Literatur zu Methoden und Ergebnissen von Bioaerosoluntersuchungen in und um Landwirtschaftliche Nutztierhaltung und fasst die wichtigsten Punkte zusammen. Der weltweite Trend der Industrialisierung der Tierproduktion mit regionaler...

The present report reviews literature from throughout the world on methods and results of bioaerosol investigations in and around agricultural livestock farming and summarises the most important points. The global trend towards intensification and industrialisation of animal production, with...

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...

The report at hand (including a comprehensive annex of data) serves as additional document to the National Inventory Report (NIR) on the German green house gas emissions and the Informative Inventory Report (IIR) on the German emissions of air pollutants (especially ammonia). The report...

Livestock production accounts for 31 % of the total gross output of agriculture in Uzbekistan. This sector plays an important role in the generation of income of rural residents of the country, so the problems and prospects of its development are in the priority of agrarian policy in Uzbekistan....

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...

The report at hand (including a comprehensive annex of data) serves as additional document to the National Inventory Report (NIR) on the German green house gas emissions and the Informative Inventory Report (IIR) on the German emissions of air pollutants (especially ammonia). The report...

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...

Livestock production accounts for 31 % of the total gross output of agriculture in Uzbekistan. This sector plays an important role in the generation of income of rural residents of the country, so the problems and prospects of its development are in the priority of agrarian policy in Uzbekistan....

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....

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...

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...

Das Working Paper stellt die Ergebnisse einer Umfrage und eines Workshops zusammen, die von Wissenschaftlern und Wissenschaftlerinnen der Ressortforschungsinstitute Thünen-Institut, Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI) und Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI) im Herbst 2016 zusammengetragen und diskutiert...

The report at hand (including a comprehensive annex of data) serves as additional document to the National Inventory Report (NIR) on the German green house gas emissions and the Informative Inventory Report (IIR) on the German emissions of air pollutants (especially ammonia). The report...

[...] Die deutsche Land- und Forstwirtschaft ist von primären Klimafolgen wie stetig steigenden Durchschnittstemperaturen, veränderten Niederschlagsmustern und immer häufiger auftretenden, regional und saisonal sehr unterschiedlich ausgeprägten Extremwetterereignissen betroffen. Zudem...

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...