Income Disparities and the Global Distribution of Intensively Farmed Chicken and Pigs.

The rapid transformation of the livestock sector in recent decades brought concerns on its impact on greenhouse gas emissions, disruptions to nitrogen and phosphorous cycles and on land use change, particularly deforestation for production of feed crops. Animal and human health are increasingly inte...

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Main Authors: Marius Gilbert, Giulia Conchedda, Thomas P Van Boeckel, Giuseppina Cinardi, Catherine Linard, Gaëlle Nicolas, Weerapong Thanapongtharm, Laura D'Aietti, William Wint, Scott H Newman, Timothy P Robinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4521704?pdf=render