This report, published by DEFRA, summarises the work that is underway by different livestock sectors to deliver greater sustainability; provides an overview of industry and government progress and activity of relevance to livestock stakeholders; and...
Eight major organizations working in livestock development have issued a joint communiqué today, committing themselves to “working in closer alliance to develop and fulfill on a global agenda for the livestock sector that is safer, fairer and more...
The International Livestock Research Institute and the World Bank hosted a meeting on livestock in Nairobi on the 12-13 March. Some of the resentations may be of interest, in particular:
This paper considers the argument that intensification in the Brazililan livestock sector can help reduce land use change pressures (the ‘land sparing’ argument), and uses an economic model-based analysis to make the point that intensification in the...
This report, published by Brighter Green, documents the effects of the expansion and intensification of the livestock sector for India's food security, resource utilization, and issues of equity and sustainability. It explores whether India, with a...
Interesting article about a farmer’s attempt to improve the sustainability of the farm by basing production on a dual purpose dairy/beef breed, based on grass-feeding, high welfare and zero waste.
FAO. 2011. World Livestock 2011 – Livestock in food security. Rome, FAO
This thematic report expands on the 2009 State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) section which explored the multiple roles played by livestock in achieving food security for...
Foodanddrinkeurope.com covers a report by Euromonitor which finds that sales of meat have slowed considerably in Europe, due to a trend towards meat free and meat reducing diets. Euromonitor says...
