The rapidly changing nature of animal production systems, especially increasing intensification and globalization, is playing out in complex ways around the world. Over the last century, livestock keeping evolved from a means of harnessing marginal resources to produce items for local consumption to a key component of global food chains. Livestock in a Changing Landscape offers a comprehensive examination of these important and far-reaching trends.
The books are an outgrowth of a collaborative effort involving international nongovernmental organizations including the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO), the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the Swiss College of Agriculture (SHL), the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), and the Scientific Committee for Problems of the Environment (SCOPE).
Volume 1 examines the forces shaping change in livestock production and management; the resulting impacts on landscapes, land use, and social systems; and potential policy and management responses.
Volume 2 explores needs and draws experience from region-specific contexts and detailed case studies. The case studies describe how drivers and consequences of change play out in specific geographical areas, and how public and private responses are shaped and implemented.
Together, the volumes present new, sustainable approaches to the challenges created by fundamental shifts in livestock management and production, and represent an essential resource for policy makers, industry managers, and academics involved with this issue.
Preface Executive Summary Introduction
PART I. Drivers of Change Chapter 1. Driver of Change in Global Agriculture and Livestock Systems Chapter 2. Trends in Consumption, Production and Trade in Livestock and Livestock Chapter 3. Structural Change in Livestock Sector Chapter 4. Livestock in Geographical Transition
PART II. Consequences of Livestock Sector Chapter 5. Livestock and the Global Carbon Cycle Chapter 6. The Impact of Animal Production Systems on the Nitrogen Cycle Chapter 7. Water-Mediated Ecological Consequences of Intensification and Expansion of Livestock Production Chapter 8. Global Impacts on Biodiversity Chapter 9. Impacts of Intensive Livestock Production and Manure Management on the Environment Chapter 10. Impacts of Extensive Livestock Systems on Terrestrial Ecosystems Chapter 11. Human Health Hazards Associated with Livestock Production Chapter 12. The Livestock Revolution and Animal Source Food Consumption: Benefits, Risk and Challenges in Urban and Rural Setting of Developing Countries Chapter 13. Social Consequences for Mixed Crop-Livestock Production Systems in Developing Countries Chapter 14. Socioeconomic Implications of the Livestock Industrialization Process: How Will Smallholders Fare? Chapter 15. Extensive Livestock Production in Transition: The Future of Sustainable Pastoralism
PART III. Responses Chapter 16. Responses on Environmental Issues Chapter 17. Responses on Human Nutrition Issues Chapter 18. Responses on Emerging Livestock Diseases Chapter 19. Responses on Social Issues Chapter 20. Livestock in Changing Landscape: Conclusions and Lessons Learned
"This book is a must for all interested in global livestock production trends and especially for policymakers."
