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The Evolution of Animal Agricultural Systems and Supply Chains: Theory and Practice

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Health and Animal Agriculture in Developing Countries

Part of the book series: Natural Resource Management and Policy ((NRMP,volume 36))

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The current efforts to find technical and policy solutions to zoonotic diseases, such as Avian Flu and Swine Flu, are part of a continuous process of evolution of production and supply chains for food and other agricultural products. This chapter provides a conceptual framework to analyze this coevolutionary process and, in particular, the role of technology, economics, and institutional factors as well as biological coevolution. This chapter will build upon the basic principles of production economics, theory of innovation, urban economics, and public finance to show how changes in relative prices, consumer preferences, and technological innovation affect the management and regulation of farming and, in particular, animal husbandry. This theoretical framework is then applied to poultry supply chains in Northern Vietnam.

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  1. Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720-3310, USA

    Jennifer Ifft & David Zilberman

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  1. College of Natural Resources, Dept. Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley, Giannini Hall 206, Berkeley, 94720-3310, California, USA

    David Zilberman

  2. Food and Agriculture Organization of the, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome, 00100, Italy

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Ifft, J., Zilberman, D. (2012). The Evolution of Animal Agricultural Systems and Supply Chains: Theory and Practice. In: Zilberman, D., Otte, J., Roland-Holst, D., Pfeiffer, D. (eds) Health and Animal Agriculture in Developing Countries. Natural Resource Management and Policy, vol 36. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7077-0_3

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