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Food systems are the largest users of land and water resources worldwide. Using a multi-model approach to track food through the global trade network, we calculated...

Highlights The descriptive statistics result revealed that about 43.33% of the households were food secured, whereas the remaining 56.67% were food insecure. Result confirmed that...

This study investigates the financial cost of increasing the diversity of cereal grains in livestock feed rations. We first develop a nonlinear mathematical programming model that determines the least-cost...

The government of Viet Nam promotes an integrated and diversified production system that focuses on the symbiotic relationship of livestock, aquaculture, and fruits and vegetables (F&V), locally known as Vuon Ao...

Coffee-based farming systems (CBFS) support smallholder farmers through mainly coffee growing with integration of other food crops and livestock. Climate change is expected to...

Highlights Major characteristic of agro-pastoral communities in Ethiopia Contribution of male and female households for food and nutrition security Food security determinants in agro-pastoral communities of...

Highlights Increasing wildlife–livestock interactions enhance opportunities for pathogen transmission and biodiversity erosion. This increases the risk of emerging diseases in wildlife, livestock, and humans. Biosecurity measures...

The EU has a historical deficit of plant protein and is heavily reliant on imports to sustain domestic livestock production. Using an economic model of global agricultural markets, this article...

Despite large volumes of cattle stocks in the Sahel, most exports of cattle products remain as live animal sales rather than meat. However, there is increased interest...

Evidence-based livestock policies are needed to raise rural incomes and improve dietary diversity in low-income countries where the majority of populations depend on livestock for their livelihoods...