Health and Animal Agriculture in Developing Countries
Published on 9. December 2011
Book
Hardback
VII, 424 pages
978-1-4419-7076-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides an overview of the state of animal agriculture and present methodologies and proposals to develop policies that result in sustainable and profitable animal production that will protect human and environmental health, enhance livelihood of smallholders and meet consumer needs. The book combines lessons of the past, factual foundation to understand the present, analytical tools to design and improve policies, case studies that provide both empirical grounding and applications of some of the strategies suggested in this book, and finally, a proposal for the way forward.
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Series
Edition
2012
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
12 s/w Abbildungen, 33 farbige Abbildungen
VII, 424 p. 47 illus., 35 illus. in color.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
816 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4419-7076-3 (9781441970763)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4419-7077-0
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
David Zilberman | Joachim Otte | David Roland-Holst
Health and Animal Agriculture in Developing Countries
E-Book
12/2011
1st Edition
Springer
€96.29
Available for download
Content
Introduction.- Evolution of Animal Agriculture.- The History of Animal Disease: The Control of BTbH.- Economics of Contract Farming and Supply Chain.- Livestock and Livelihood: A Global Perspective.- Policy Challenges of Controlling Animal Disease.- Livestock and Livelihood: A Portfolio Approach.- Animal Disease and Industrialization of Agriculture.- Economics of Controlling Externalities of Animal Disease.- Dynamic Perspective on Control of Animal Disease.- Public Investment in Controlling Public Health Risks from Livestock.- Developing Alternative Solutions to Controlling Highly Pathogenic Animal Diseases.- Consumer Meat Demand: Role of Preferences and Social Norms.- Epidemiology of Avian Influenza.- Spread of Avian Influenza.- Control and Surveillance of Avian Influenza.- Epidemiological and Economical Implications of Vaccination for Avian Influenza.- Integrating Epidemiology and Economics.- Modeling Alternative On-Farm Solution.- Controlling Animal Disease in Africa.- Poultry Sector Transition in Cambodia.- Supply Chain Solutions to Animal Safety Problems.- Contracting as a Mechanism for Avian Flu Risk Management and Poverty Reduction.- Micro-Contracting and Smallholder Livestock Supply Chain.- Conclusion