Livestock genetics companies: concentration and proprietary strategies of an emerging power in the global food economy

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Livestock genetics companies: concentration and proprietary strategies of an emerging power in the global food economy [1]

Over past decades, breeding objectives focused almost exclusively on performance: yearly egg production, milk yields, milk fat content, and growth rates. Efforts were concentrated on only a handful of breeds of cattle, pig and chicken. Substantial production increases were thus achieved

Publication Date:

01/01/2007

Author(s): Susanne Gura [2]

Source: League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock Development [3]

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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poultry
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/economy
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/genetic-cloning
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/genetic-engineering
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global