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Agriculture & Environment: Livestock

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About 600 million of the rural poor in developing countries rely on livestock for their livelihoods — making issues about animal food and health, farming efficiency and market access vital to reducing poverty.

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Opinions and Analysis

No simple solution to livestock and climate change

Simply reducing livestock farming in developing countries will neither cut emissions nor benefit the poor, says livestock expert Carlos Seré.

5 November 2009 | EN

Agriculture needs better innovation, not technology

Pilot projects in India and Nigeria point to possible benefits of a new approach to agricultural innovation, say Andy Hall and Susanna Thorp.

16 September 2009 | EN | FR

Food factories help viruses spread and evolve

22 May 2009 | EN
Source: Down to Earth

Balancing the global need for meat

9 April 2009 | EN | 中文
Source: BBC Online


News and Features

Tapeworm link with epilepsy 'far higher' than thought

Pork tapeworm is responsible for almost a third of epileptic fits, researchers say.

2 November 2009 | EN

Chickens immunised by GM peas

Plants genetically engineered to contain antibodies have protected chickens against a parasitic disease.

28 October 2009 | EN