Asia is a region of dynamic economic changes, fuelled by rapid population growth, urbanization, increased incomes, demand-led processes and changing consumer preferences for foods of animal origin. The projected total meat and milk consumption levels for 2020 are far in excess of anticipated supp...
Devendra, C.
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[Animal production and rainfed agriculture in Asia: Potential opportunities for productivity enhancement]
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Animal production and rainfed agriculture in Asia: Potential opportunities for productivity enhancement
Poverty is a rural dilemma and continues to be a persistent multidimensional problem. It is associated with poor farmers, small farm systems, the landless, resource endowments, the socioeconomic environment and externalities. Over 75% of the poor live and work in rural areas, trapped in a poverty...
Devendra, C.
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Chantalakhana, C.
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[Animals, poor people and food insecurity: Opportunities for improved livelihoods through efficient natural resource management]
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Animals, poor people and food insecurity: Opportunities for improved livelihoods through efficient natural resource management
Integrated crop-animal systems are important in Asia. Both ruminants and non-ruminants are used in a variety of combinations with annual and perennial crops in Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, China and Sri Lanka. These combined systems provide distinct economic benefits, and are more compat...
Devendra, C.
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[Mixed farming and intensification of animal production systems in Asia]
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Mixed farming and intensification of animal production systems in Asia
Smallholder dairy production systems in developing countries are discussed with reference to type of systems, their characteristics, potential, and opportunities for improvement. Three types of dairy systems are identified and described: smallholder systems, smallholder cooperative dairy producti...
Devendra, C.
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[Smallholder dairy production systems in developing countries: Characteristics, potential and opportunities for improvement. Review]
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Smallholder dairy production systems in developing countries: Characteristics, potential and opportunities for improvement. Review
The papers presented here by the group covering the states of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) had detailed discussions on defining the livestock priorities, research requirements, and ways to achieve these with a focus on Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand. Disc...
Devendra, C.
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Gardiner, Peter R.
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[Global agenda for livestock research. Proceedings of the consultation for the South-East Asia region]
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Global agenda for livestock research. Proceedings of the consultation for the South-East Asia region
This proceedings presents the results and conclusions of ILRI's role in livestock research and development in Asia. It provides a detailed testimony of the success of the consultation, and especially about ILRI's commitment to form integrated programmes for livestock and agricultural research wit...
Devendra, C.
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Smalley, M.E.
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Li Pun, H.H.
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[Global agenda for livestock research: Proceedings of a conference on development of livestock research priorities in Asia]
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Global agenda for livestock research: Proceedings of a conference on development of livestock research priorities in Asia
In animal production systems, the value of a species increases in relation to its adaptation, capacity to make socioeconomic contributions, capacity to fill market opportunities, and potential for increasing productivity. In the case of goats, their role and potential contribution to increased pr...
Devendra, C.
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[Goats: Challenges for increased productivity and improved livelihoods]
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Goats: Challenges for increased productivity and improved livelihoods
The importance of crop-animal systems in Asia, the multiple roles played by animals and the opportunities for increasing their contribution to these systems justifies continued research effort. An assessment of the role of livestock in mixed farming systems in 14 countries has identified priority...
The second workshop of the Crop-Animal Systems Research Network (CASREN) project embodies continuing activities on increasing the contribution of livestock to improving productivity of crop-animal systems in Southeast Asia. This workshop report involves four sessions. Session one focusses on ecor...
Devendra, C.
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Frio, A.
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[Improving the contribution of livestock to crop-animal systems in rainfed areas in Southeast Asia: Proceedings of a workshop]
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Improving the contribution of livestock to crop-animal systems in rainfed areas in Southeast Asia: Proceedings of a workshop
The livestock revolution is occurring but it is being preceded by the feed revolution because of the substantial mount of feed required to supply by the increased animal population. However, the opportunities to meet the demand for feed depend on the existing production systems. This paper looks ...
Fernández Rivera, S.
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Pezo, Danilo A.
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Devendra, C.
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[Meeting the demand for livestock feeds in developing countries]
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Meeting the demand for livestock feeds in developing countries