Determinants and implications of the growing scale of livestock farms in four fast-growing developing countries
The rapid growth in consumer demand for livestock offers an opportunity to reduce poverty among smallholder livestock farmers in the developing world. These farmers' opportunity may be threatened, however, by competition from larger-scale farms. This report assesses the potential threat, examining v...
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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. |
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| description | The rapid growth in consumer demand for livestock offers an opportunity to reduce poverty among smallholder livestock farmers in the developing world. These farmers' opportunity may be threatened, however, by competition from larger-scale farms. This report assesses the potential threat, examining various forms of livestock production in Brazil, India, the Philippines, and Thailand. Findings show that the competitiveness of smallholder farms depends on the opportunity cost of family labor and farmers' ability to overcome barriers to the acquisition of production- and market-related information and assets. Pro-poor livestock development depends, therefore, on the strengthening of institutions that will help smallholders overcome the disproportionately high transaction costs in securing quality inputs and obtaining market recognition for quality outputs. These and other findings make this report a useful guide for researchers and others concerned with the opportunities and risks of smallholder livestock farming. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1605012025-11-06T06:26:10Z 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 environmental factors smallholders livestock productivity livestock systems The rapid growth in consumer demand for livestock offers an opportunity to reduce poverty among smallholder livestock farmers in the developing world. These farmers' opportunity may be threatened, however, by competition from larger-scale farms. This report assesses the potential threat, examining various forms of livestock production in Brazil, India, the Philippines, and Thailand. Findings show that the competitiveness of smallholder farms depends on the opportunity cost of family labor and farmers' ability to overcome barriers to the acquisition of production- and market-related information and assets. Pro-poor livestock development depends, therefore, on the strengthening of institutions that will help smallholders overcome the disproportionately high transaction costs in securing quality inputs and obtaining market recognition for quality outputs. These and other findings make this report a useful guide for researchers and others concerned with the opportunities and risks of smallholder livestock farming. 2008 2024-11-21T09:50:57Z 2024-11-21T09:50:57Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160501 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 157. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896291669rr157. |
| spellingShingle | developing countries economic aspects industrialization environmental factors smallholders livestock productivity livestock systems 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 environmental factors smallholders livestock productivity livestock systems |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160501 |
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