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ArticleWhat is driving livestock total factor productivity change? A persistent and transient efficiency analysis
Global Food Security Vol. 21
2019Also available in:
No results found.Production and consumption of livestock products have increased substantially over the past decades, and a continuing growth is expected. These market trends could bring opportunities for economic and social development, however at the same time it can pose unintended food security, public health and environmental risks. Rising livestock productivity will be fundamental if the sector is to deliver on expectations. Increasing productivity through factor substitution is a feasible goal, however rising land, capital, and labour productivity simultaneously will be a major challenge. A better understanding of the level and drivers of livestock total factor productivity (TFP) has become a major topic in the sustainable development policy debate. Using a stochastic distance function approach, this paper aims to shed light on this issue by estimating TFP indicators of livestock production systems, and assessing the associated levels of persistent and transient efficiency. The results show that the level of livestock TFP continues to growth in most regions, however developing countries are not catching up in terms of efficiency change with developed countries. -
ProjectStrengthened Food Safety and Quality Control of Livestock Products in Thailand - TCP/THA/3502 2019
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No results found.The food supply chain management of livestock products has become significant in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in view of the common ASEAN market. Because of its geographical advantages, Thailand plans to be the logistic hub for ASEAN. The significant increase in the quantity of imported and exported food products among member states, however, has raised concerns about health and food safety issues. The overlap of roles and responsibilities of various departments or organizations involved in food supply chain management is a problem, above all when urgent food safety incidents occur. The current project aimed to improve the food supply chain management of the livestock sector by assessing the food controls of the food safety authorities involved. It would also strengthen the International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN), with a specific focus on the coordinating mechanism. The project was implemented in the two pilot provinces of Chiang Mai and Saraburi. -
Book (stand-alone)Water use in livestock production systems and supply chains. Guidelines for assessment
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2019Also available in:
No results found.The Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for Water Use Assessment, composed by 30 international experts, has developed guidelines on water footprinting for livestock supply chains. The mandate of the Water TAG was to provide recommendations to monitor the environmental performance of feed and livestock supply chains over time so that progress towards improvement targets can be measured; apply the guidelines for feed and water demand of small ruminants, poultry, large ruminants and pig supply chains; build on and go beyond the existing FAO LEAP guidelines; and pursue alignment with relevant International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards, specifically ISO 14040, ISO 14044 (ISO, 2006b and 2006a) and ISO 14046 (ISO, 2014). The guidelines on water use assessment include the impact assessment: the assessment of the environmental performance related to water use of a livestock-related system by assessing potential environmental impacts of blue water consumption following the water scarcity footprint according to the framework provided by ISO 14046 (ISO, 2014); and the assessment of the system’s productivity of green and blue water. The guidelines are thus intended to support the optimization of use of water resources and the identification of opportunities to decrease the potential impacts of water use in livestock production. The Water TAG guidance is relevant for livestock production systems, including feed production from croplands and grasslands, and production and processing of livestock products (cradle-to-gate). It addresses all livestock production systems and livestock species considered in existing LEAP animal guidelines: poultry, pig, small ruminant and large ruminant supply chains.
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