SWOT analysis of smallholder liverstock production in Columbia and Nicaragua from a meat consumers' perspective
- Publication Type
- Contribution to conference
- Authors
- Burkart, Stefan / Holmann, Federico / Peters, Michael / Hoffmann, Volker
- Year of publication
- 2011
- Published in
- Conference on International Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development
- Page (from - to)
- 5 S.
- Conference name
- Tropentag 2011
- Conference location
- Bonn
- Conference date
- 05.-07.10.2011
Global population growth, rising urbanization, and income growth in developing countries lead to changes in peoples diets resulting in a rapidly incearsing demand for meat. A higher demand on the one hand leads to opportunities for the livestock sector but on the other hand also puts stress on it. Envorinmental and public health issues force producers to adapt adequate production technologies and to guarantee a high product quality.