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

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dc.creatorDelgado, Christopher L.
dc.creatorNarrod, Clare
dc.creatorTiongco, Marites
dc.creatorBarros, Geraldo Sant'Ana de Camargo
dc.creatorCatelo, Maria Angeles O.
dc.creatorCostales, Achilles
dc.creatorMehta, Rajesh
dc.creatorNaranong, Viroj
dc.creatorPoapongsakorn, Nipon
dc.creatorSharma, Vijay Paul
dc.creatorde Zen, Sergio
dc.date2008
dc.date2024-11-21T09:50:40Z
dc.date2024-11-21T09:50:40Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:32:34Z
dc.descriptionOverall, 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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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/160390
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/107343
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceDelgado, 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
dc.subjectdeveloping countries
dc.subjecteconomic aspects
dc.subjectindustrialization
dc.subjectlivestock
dc.subjectproductivity
dc.subjectlivestock systems
dc.subjectsmallholders
dc.subjectenvironmental factors
dc.titleDeterminants and implications of the growing scale of livestock farms in four fast-growing developing countries
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