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

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Title	Determinants and implications of the growing scale of livestock farms in four fast-growing developing countries
Author	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
Year	2008
Abstract	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.
Series Name	Research Report
Series Number	157
Publisher	International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Place of publication	Washington, D.C.
Language	English
Record Type	Research report
ISBN	9780896291669; 0896291669
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.2499/9780896291669RR157
DOI Number	10.2499/9780896291669RR157
Peer Reviewed - PR or Non-PR	PR
Subject - keywords	Developing countries Economic aspects Industrialization Profit efficiency Environmental externalities Smallholder competitiveness Livestock productivity Livestock Industrialization Scaling up
IFPRI Descriptors	IFPRI1 GRP27
IFPRI Division	MTID
Physical description	131 pages
IFPRI Web link	http://www.ifpri.org/publication/determinants-and-implications-growing-scale-livestock-farms-four-fast-growing-developing
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CONTENTdm file name	11451.cpd
Date cataloged	2016-09-09
Date modified	2016-09-09
OCLC number	778453335
CONTENTdm number	11450

Title	rr157 1
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Date modified	2015-02-27
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Determinants and implications of the growing scale of livestock farms in four fast-growing developing countries

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