Structural development of livestock farms in a global perspective

TY - GEN

T1 - Structural development of livestock farms in a global perspective

AU - Hansen, Henning Otte

N1 - Conference code: 6

PY - 2015

Y1 - 2015

N2 - Structural development in agriculture has several international dimensions, and the topic is relevant and important for several reasons. There is a wide range of economic, structural and technological drivers that in a complex context both inhibits and promotes the structural development. The structural development in agriculture and in the livestock sector has obvious international trends, where number, size, concentration, specialization of farms and herds change. While rich countries have fewer and larger farms, the development is just the opposite in a number of developing countries. The rich countries have the lowest concentration and the greatest equality in the structure of ownership, and it illustrates that structural development towards increasing size does not necessarily mean an increasing concentration. In a global perspective a strong correlationbetween the concentration in the society as a whole and in agriculture is seen. The verticalintegration in the form of contract production and cooperative ownership is increasing in severalplaces in the world. Labor emigration from agriculture is also a general feature during economicdevelopment, and this will intensify labor productivity and unlock resources for other sectors.

AB - Structural development in agriculture has several international dimensions, and the topic is relevant and important for several reasons. There is a wide range of economic, structural and technological drivers that in a complex context both inhibits and promotes the structural development. The structural development in agriculture and in the livestock sector has obvious international trends, where number, size, concentration, specialization of farms and herds change. While rich countries have fewer and larger farms, the development is just the opposite in a number of developing countries. The rich countries have the lowest concentration and the greatest equality in the structure of ownership, and it illustrates that structural development towards increasing size does not necessarily mean an increasing concentration. In a global perspective a strong correlationbetween the concentration in the society as a whole and in agriculture is seen. The verticalintegration in the form of contract production and cooperative ownership is increasing in severalplaces in the world. Labor emigration from agriculture is also a general feature during economicdevelopment, and this will intensify labor productivity and unlock resources for other sectors.

M3 - Article in proceedings

SP - 28

EP - 50

BT - Proceedings - The 6th ISTAP International Seminar on Tropical Animal Production

PB - Faculty of Animal Science, Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta

CY - Yogyakarta

T2 - ISTAP International Seminar on Tropical Animal Production

Y2 - 20 October 2015 through 22 October 2015

ER -