DEVELOPING COUNTRY LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION
February 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
INDUSTRIAL livestock production in developing countries often causes severe environmental damages, especially when meat and dairy factories are crowded together around cities or close to water sources, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned. A report 'Livestock Policy Brief 02, Pollution from industrialized livestock production' urges governments to promote more environmentally friendly dairy and meat production. *http://www.fao.org/ag/AGAinfo/resources/documents/pol-briefs/02/EN/AGA02_EN_08.pdf
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INDUSTRIAL livestock production in developing countries often causes severe environmental damages, especially when meat and dairy factories are crowded together around cities or close to water sources, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned. A report 'Livestock Policy Brief 02, Pollution from industrialized livestock production' urges governments to promote more environmentally friendly dairy and meat production. *http://www.fao.org/ag/AGAinfo/resources/documents/pol-briefs/02/EN/AGA02_EN_08.pdf
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