Determinants and implications of the growing scale of livestock farms in four fast-growing developing countries

Overall, the study concludes that in many cases smallholders other than the smallest backyard producers will be able to stay in the livestock business for a long time. If the opportunity cost of family labor rises and begins to approach local market wage rates, however, then much of the competitiven...

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Autores principales: Delgado, Christopher L., Narrod, Clare, Tiongco, Marites, Barros, Geraldo Sant'Ana de Camargo, Catelo, Maria Angeles O., Costales, Achilles, Mehta, Rajesh, Naranong, Viroj, Poapongsakorn, Nipon, Sharma, Vijay Paul, de Zen, Sergio
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160390
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author Delgado, Christopher L.
Narrod, Clare
Tiongco, Marites
Barros, Geraldo Sant'Ana de Camargo
Catelo, Maria Angeles O.
Costales, Achilles
Mehta, Rajesh
Naranong, Viroj
Poapongsakorn, Nipon
Sharma, Vijay Paul
de Zen, Sergio
author_browse Barros, Geraldo Sant'Ana de Camargo
Catelo, Maria Angeles O.
Costales, Achilles
Delgado, Christopher L.
Mehta, Rajesh
Naranong, Viroj
Narrod, Clare
Poapongsakorn, Nipon
Sharma, Vijay Paul
Tiongco, Marites
de Zen, Sergio
author_facet Delgado, Christopher L.
Narrod, Clare
Tiongco, Marites
Barros, Geraldo Sant'Ana de Camargo
Catelo, Maria Angeles O.
Costales, Achilles
Mehta, Rajesh
Naranong, Viroj
Poapongsakorn, Nipon
Sharma, Vijay Paul
de Zen, Sergio
author_sort Delgado, Christopher L.
collection Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace)
description Overall, the study concludes that in many cases smallholders other than the smallest backyard producers will be able to stay in the livestock business for a long time. If the opportunity cost of family labor rises and begins to approach local market wage rates, however, then much of the competitiveness of smallholder operations compared with large farms is vitiated. Furthermore, emerging disease threats and environmental backlash suggest that large and small producers will sink or rise together based on their ability to act collectively to deal with emerging threats. Finding ways to increase synergies between the two groups is very much in the social interest. Finally, if supply chains become longer, wider, and more anonymous, the future for independent livestock farming, whether large or small, will eventually depend on the options for integration with input supply and output marketing operations.
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spelling CGSpace1603902025-11-06T03:48:01Z Determinants and implications of the growing scale of livestock farms in four fast-growing developing countries Delgado, Christopher L. Narrod, Clare Tiongco, Marites Barros, Geraldo Sant'Ana de Camargo Catelo, Maria Angeles O. Costales, Achilles Mehta, Rajesh Naranong, Viroj Poapongsakorn, Nipon Sharma, Vijay Paul de Zen, Sergio developing countries economic aspects industrialization livestock productivity livestock systems smallholders environmental factors Overall, the study concludes that in many cases smallholders other than the smallest backyard producers will be able to stay in the livestock business for a long time. If the opportunity cost of family labor rises and begins to approach local market wage rates, however, then much of the competitiveness of smallholder operations compared with large farms is vitiated. Furthermore, emerging disease threats and environmental backlash suggest that large and small producers will sink or rise together based on their ability to act collectively to deal with emerging threats. Finding ways to increase synergies between the two groups is very much in the social interest. Finally, if supply chains become longer, wider, and more anonymous, the future for independent livestock farming, whether large or small, will eventually depend on the options for integration with input supply and output marketing operations. 2008 2024-11-21T09:50:40Z 2024-11-21T09:50:40Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160390 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Delgado, Christopher L.; Narrod, Clare A.; Tiongco, Marites; Barros, Geraldo Sant'Ana de Camargo; Catelo, Maria Angeles O.; Costales, Achilles; Mehta, Rajesh; Naranong, Viroj; Poapongsakorn, Nipon; Sharma, Vijay Paul; de Zen, Sergio. 2008. Determinants and implications of the growing scale of livestock farms in four fast-growing developing countries. Research Report Abstract 157. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160390
spellingShingle developing countries
economic aspects
industrialization
livestock
productivity
livestock systems
smallholders
environmental factors
Delgado, Christopher L.
Narrod, Clare
Tiongco, Marites
Barros, Geraldo Sant'Ana de Camargo
Catelo, Maria Angeles O.
Costales, Achilles
Mehta, Rajesh
Naranong, Viroj
Poapongsakorn, Nipon
Sharma, Vijay Paul
de Zen, Sergio
Determinants and implications of the growing scale of livestock farms in four fast-growing developing countries
title Determinants and implications of the growing scale of livestock farms in four fast-growing developing countries
title_full Determinants and implications of the growing scale of livestock farms in four fast-growing developing countries
title_fullStr Determinants and implications of the growing scale of livestock farms in four fast-growing developing countries
title_full_unstemmed Determinants and implications of the growing scale of livestock farms in four fast-growing developing countries
title_short Determinants and implications of the growing scale of livestock farms in four fast-growing developing countries
title_sort determinants and implications of the growing scale of livestock farms in four fast growing developing countries
topic developing countries
economic aspects
industrialization
livestock
productivity
livestock systems
smallholders
environmental factors
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160390
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