ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF EXTENSIVE LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
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https://doi.org/10.5937/ekoPolj1703219NKeywords:
extensive livestock farming, FADN, productivity, return on assetsAbstract
Various types of extensive livestock production are present worldwide, primarily in regions where natural resources such as pastures and meadows could be used. Extensive livestock production is common in the EU, as well. Therefore the goal of this research was to establish economic effciency of extensive livestock production types and to compare their effciency with some intensive livestock production types. In order to achieve that goal FADN (Farm Accountancy Data Network) methodology was used. Source of information was FADN database as well as appropriate sector analysis and publications of European commission. It has been determined that sheep and goat production is competitive with intensive production types (dairy and granivores – pigs and poultry). Cattle production (other than dairy production) proved to be economically ineffcient due to low output level.
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24. Murgueitio, E., Calle, Z., Uribe, F., Calle, A., Solorio, B. (2011): Native trees and shrubs for the productive rehabilitation of tropical cattle ranching lands. Forest Ecology and Management, ISSN 0378-1127, Volume 261, Issue 10, doi:10.1016/j. foreco.2010.09.027, pp. 1654–1663. (available at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112710005591).
25. Ogino, A., Orito, H., Shimada, K., Hirooka, H. (2007): Evaluating environmental impacts of the Japanese beef cow–calf system by the life cycle assessment method. Animal Science Journal, ISSN 1740-0929, Volume 78, Issue 4, DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2007.00457.x, pp. 424-432. (available at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1740-0929.2007.00457.x/full).
26. Ramsey, R., Doye, D., Ward, C., McGrann, J., Falconer, L., Bevers, S. (2005): Factors Affecting Beef Cow-Herd Costs, Production, and Profts. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, EISSN 2056-7405, Volume 37, Issue 1, pp. 91-99. (available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/23944827_Factors_Affecting_Beef_Cow-Herd_Costs_Production_and_Profts).
27. Otte J., Costales, A., Dijkman, J., Pica-Ciamarra, U., Robinson, T., Ahuja, V., Ly, C., Roland-Holst D. (2012): Livestock sector development for poverty reduction: an economic and policy perspective – Livestocks many virtues. FAO, Rome, ISBN 978-92-5-107242-4. (available at: http://www.fao.org/docrep/015/i2744e/i2744e00.pdf).
28. Qushim, B., Gillespie, J., McMillin (2016): Meat Goat Enterprise Effciency Analysis in the Southeastern United States. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, EISSN 2056-7405, Volume 48, Issue 1, DOI: 10.1017/aae.2016.1, pp. 52–72. (available at: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridgecore/content/view/S1074070816000018).
29. Tess, M.W., Kolstad B.W. (2000): Simulation of cow-calf production systems in a range environment: II. Model evaluation. Journal of Animal Science, ISSN 0021-8812, Volume 78, Number 5, doi:/2000.7851170x, pp. 1170-1180. (available at: https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/jas/abstracts/78/5/1170?access=0&view=pdf).
30. Stott, A. W., Milne, C. E., Goddard, P. J., Waterhouse, A. (2005): Projected effect of alternative management strategies on proft and animal welfare in extensive sheep production systems in Great Britain. Livestock Production Science, ISSN 1871-1413, Volume 97, Issues 2-3, doi:10.1016/j.livprodsci.2005.04.002, pp. 161-171. (available at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030162260500103X).
31. Ward, C. E., Vestal, M. K., Doye, D. G., Lalman, D. L. (2008): Factors Affecting Adoption of Cow-Calf Production Practices in Oklahoma. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, EISSN 2056-7405, Volume 40, Issue 3, pp. 851–863. (available at: http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/47263/2/jaae-40-03-851.pdf).
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Nastić, L., Marković, T., & Ivanović, S. (2017). ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF EXTENSIVE LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION. Ekonomika Poljoprivrede, 64(3), 1219–1230. https://doi.org/10.5937/ekoPolj1703219N
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