Some Issues Associated with the Livestock Industries of the Asia-Pacific Region













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RAP publication no. 2002/06


Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations



Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific



Animal Production and Health Commission



for Asia and the Pacific (APHCA)



The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) nor of the Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia and the Pacific (APHCA) concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city, or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Opinion expressed in this paper are those of the author alone and do not imply any opinion whatsoever on part of the FAO and APHCA.

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February 2002


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Acknowledgements

Executive Summary

1. Trends and convergence in the consumption of livestock products

Appendix 1. - Results from estimating growth equations (equation in box 12 Bovine hides in India)

Bovine meat
Poultry
Pigmeat
Wholemilk
Eggs

2. Has higher growth in livestock production in Asia been associated with greater variability in Asian livestock production?

Appendix 2A. - Growth in the production of livestock products in the Asia-Pacific region, 1961-2000

Growth in beef and veal production, selected countries in the Asia-Pacific region
Growth in buffalo meat production, selected countries in the Asia-Pacific region
Growth in chicken meat production, selected countries of the Asia-Pacific region
Growth in production of cow milk (whole fresh), selected countries of the Asia-Pacific region
Growth in duckmeat production, selected countries in the Asia-Pacific region
Growth in goatmeat production, selected countries in the Asia-Pacific region
Growth in hen egg production, selected countries in the Asia-Pacific region
Growth in mutton and lamb production, selected countries in the Asia-Pacific region
Growth in pigmeat production, selected countries of the Asia-Pacific region
Growth in poultry meat production, selected countries in the Asia-Pacific region

Appendix 2B. - The index of variability in the production of livestock products in the Asia-Pacific region, 1961-2000

3. Vertical integration and the livestock industries of the Asia-Pacific region

Appendix 3 - Examples of companies in Asia-Pacific region that are vertically integrated

4. The diverse functions of livestock: an Asia-Pacific perspective

5. Weaknesses in the livestock industries of Asia: results from a survey of livestock policy makers and researchers