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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Determinants and Implications of the Growing Scale of Livestock Farms in Four Fast-Growing Developing Countries
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| Autores: |
Delgado, Christopher L.
Narrod, Clare A.
Tiongco, Marites M.
Barros, Geraldo Sant'Ana de Camargo
Catelo, Maria Angeles
Costales, Achilles
Mehta, Rajesh
Naranong, Viroj
Poapongsakorn, Nipon
Sharma, Vijay Paul
de Zen, Sergio
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| Data: |
2010-08-03
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| Ano: |
2008
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| Palavras-chave: |
Developing countries
Economic aspects
Industrialization
Profit efficiency
Environmental externalities
Smallholder competitiveness
Livestock productivity
Livestock Industrialization
Scaling up
Livestock Production/Industries
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| Resumo: |
he rapid growth in consumer demand for livestock offers an opportunity to reduce poverty among smallholder livestock farmers in the developing world. These farmers’ opportunity may be threatened, however, by competition from larger-scale farms. This report assesses the potential threat, examining various forms of livestock production in Brazil, India, the Philippines, and Thailand. Findings show that the competitiveness of smallholder farms depends on the opportunity cost of family labor and farmers’ ability to overcome barriers to the acquisition of production- and market-related information and assets. Pro-poor livestock development depends, therefore, on the strengthening of institutions that will help smallholders overcome the disproportionately high transaction costs in securing quality inputs and obtaining market recognition for quality outputs. These and other findings make this report a useful guide for researchers and others concerned with the opportunities and risks of smallholder livestock farming.
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| Tipo: |
Report
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://purl.umn.edu/92804
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| Relação: |
International Food Policy Research Institute>Research Reports
Research Report
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| Formato: |
145
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