Industrial livestock production and its impact on smallholders in developing countries
The industrialisation of livestock production has reached most countries in the world. Three quarters of the world
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Livestock genetics companies: concentration and proprietary strategies of an emerging power in the global food economy
Over past decades, breeding objectives focused almost exclusively on performance: yearly egg production, milk yields, milk fat content, and growth rates. Efforts were concentrated on only a handful of breeds of cattle, pig and chicken. Substantial production increases were thus achieved
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Herd movements: the exchange of livestock breeds and genes between North and South
This report focuses on the exchanges of livestock and poultry breeds and their genetic materials between developed countries (