THE STATE
OF FOOD
AND
AGRICULTURE
2009

Livestock in the balance

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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2009

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword   (Download  1Mb)
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and acronyms

PART I - Livestock in the balance

1. Livestock in the balance  (Download  179 Kb)

Livestock sector change
Structure of the report and key messages

2. Change in the livestock sector (Download  155 Kb)

Consumption trends and drivers
Production trends and drivers
Trade trends and drivers
Outlook for consumption, production and trade
Livestock sector diversity
Transformation of livestock systems
Challenges from continued livestock sector growth
Key messages of the chapter

3. Livestock, food security and poverty reduction (Download  119 Kb)

Livestock and livelihoods
Livestock and food security
Livestock sector transformation and the poor
Livestock and poverty alleviation
Competitiveness and the livestock sector
Livestock policies for sector transition
Key messages of the chapter

4. Livestock and the environment (Download  132 Kb)

Livestock production systems and ecosystems
Livestock and climate change
Improving natural-resource use by livestock production
Dealing with climate change and livestock
Key messages of the chapter

5. Livestock and human and animal health (Download  116 Kb)

Economic and human-health threats related to livestock disease
Disease control and risk management
Key messages of the chapter

6. Conclusions: balancing society’s objectives for livestock (Download  65 Kb)

Balancing opportunities against risks
Balancing the needs of different smallholders
Balancing food security and nutrition
Balancing the trade-offs among systems, species, goals and impacts
Balancing objectives in different societies
The way forward: towards an agenda for action for the livestock sector
Key messages of the report

PART II - World food and agriculture in review (Download  262 Kb)

Trends in global food security
Agricultural price developments – high variability of basic food price
Domestic food prices in developing countries
Medium-term prospects for international agricultural commodity prices
Agricultural production
Agricultural trade
Policy responses to higher food prices and their impact on agricultural markets
Impact of policy responses on global markets
Conclusions

PART III - Statistical annex (Download  304 Kb)

Table A1  Production of livestock products, 1995–2007
Table A2  Production of main categories of meat, 1995–2007
Table A3  Per capita consumption of livestock products, 1995–2005
Table A4  Per capita calorie intake from livestock products, 1995–2005
Table A5  Per capita protein intake from livestock products, 1995–2005
Table A6  Trade in livestock products, 1995–2006

References (Download   169 Kb)
Special chapters of The State of Food and Agriculture

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