Peri-urban animals
Commercial peri-urban production of livestock is a very fast-growing sector, representing 34 percent of total meat production and nearly 70 percent of egg production worldwide.
China: ducks at the South Suburb Beijing Company,
which raises the "Beijing Duck" - famous worldwide for its
special taste
FAO/20066/C. Calpe
- More photos on urban and peri-urban agriculture:
- Yemen: crops in old Sana'a town
- Bosnia: a widow with the crops she grows on a plot supplied free by the municipality
- More resources:
- Agriculture Department
- Photofile archive
- Factfile archive
- Media database
- News & Highlights archive
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