POVERTY ALLEVIATION AND FOOD SECURITY IN ASIA
Role of Livestock
RAP Publication 1999/4
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POVERTY ALLEVIATION AND FOOD SECURITY IN ASIA
Role of Livestock
RAP Publication 1999/4 |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
December 1999
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List of Tables, Figures and Appendices
1. Livestock production systems: overview
Inputs into livestock production
Outputs from livestock production
2. Livestock population, production and trends
Summary of trends in livestock production and consumption
3. Role of livestock in food security
Livestock production and its role in food security
Constraints to small-scale livestock production in Asia
Animal productivity/genetic make-up of the animals
Livestock in sustainable agricultural production
Effects of intensive livestock production systems on the environment
Increasing livestock production
Increasing livestock production and productivity
4. Conclusions and recommendations
Value of livestock production in Bangladesh
Constraints to livestock production
Current livestock projects and their effect on food security
Table
Table 1. Value of large ruminant production in Bangladesh
Figures
Figure 1. The livestock production system
Figure 6. Goat meat production
Figure 10. Chicken meat production
Figure 11. Chicken egg production
Figure 12. Bovine meat consumption, selected countries
Figure 13. Livestock in sustainable farming, example of VAC system in Vietnam
Figure 14. Cattle production in Bangladesh
Figure 15. Milk production vs. nutrition
Aappendix Table
Table A-1. Value of large ruminant production in Bangladesh
Table A-2. Value of small ruminant production in Bangladesh
Table A-3. Value of poultry production in Bangladesh
Appendices
Appendix
1
Valuing the production of large ruminants
Appendix
2
Prices used in the calculation of the value of livestock production in
Bangladesh
Appendix
3
Calculating the value of poultry production
Appendix
4
Valuing the production of pigs
Appendix
5
Livestock in food security in Bangladesh
Appendix 6
Livestock in food security in the Philippines