Livestock Feed Marketing in Bangladesh: Problems and Prospects

In this activity you will collect data and then perform statistical analyses to determine measures of central tendency and variation of the data. You will also represent

Horrigan, L., Lawrence, R., & Walker, P. (2002). How sustainable agriculture can address the environmental and human health harms of industrial agriculture. Environmental Health Perspective. In this article, Horrigan agrees with Pollan that there is definitely a problem with using corn-based feed for animals who are to then be fed to human beings. Specifically, Horrigan examines both animal feed and the danger of other forms of pollution which have an impact on human food production and eventual consumption. The authors make the claim that animal consumption itself is highly dangerous and perhaps should be universally abolished in order to help the environment in terms of pollutants and to help humans in their health concerns.

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There are many different practises and methods available for livestock production, and ultimately it is the choices that farmers make that determines the production’s level of sustainability. The practices of industrial large-scale operations like CAFOs result in both environmental damage as well as health concerns for humans and animals. Depletion, pollution and contamination are the biggest obstacles we face when trying to move toward a more sustainable planet. But when livestock is handled responsibly, with consideration for the environment and potential consequences, it is indeed possible to produce livestock that is beneficial for our planet. Organic and grass-based farming systems such as silvopastoral systems have been proven to increase biodiversity, reverse soil erosion and counteract water depletion. By encouraging farmers to move towards more sustainable methods like these, we can help curb today’s more urgent issues regarding our environment. While there are disagreements between researchers on how to do this, they all agree that we have to take some kind of action to save our planet. Possible ways to achieve this include not consuming meat, or buying meat from local, organic and grass-based farmers to ensure the livestock was raised in a responsible way. If more consumers demanded this type of meat,

Moreover, there are various problems with meat production process. To run a meat farm, it cost a lot of plant protein, freshwater, energy, and carbon dioxide from animal’s excretion, which is the main problem of air pollution. According to the article “Meat Analogues” (2017), to produce 1 kg of grain fed beef takes 5 to 40 times more water than 1 kg of cereal grains. In addition,

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Humans have impacted the world for years. One of the biggest environmental issues is Animal Agriculture. Many people do not believe this because it is a huge part in everyday life. Three things that this paper will show you is how Animal Agriculture affects deforestation, how much land is used to hold animals, and the factory farms. Many things that happen in today's environment is connected to Animal Agriculture. The top 10 things that are important to the environment that is affected is Pollution, Biodiversity, Ecological Footprint, Sustainability, Atmosphere, Ozone Layer, Habitat, Carbon Cycle, Fossil Fuels, and Carrying Capacity.

As mentioned above, people are concerned a large amount of ammonia and hydrogen sulfide being released from the slaughter houses every day. There’s a proof that slaughtering livestock have resulted in the air pollution, water pollution, and polluted soil. “The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations recently repor1ted that livestock production is one of the major causes of the world's most pressing environmental problems, including global warming, land degradation, air and water pollution” (Finding A Scientific Connection Between Food Choices And The Environment 3). Farming and slaughtering cattle not only require a vast area and a huge amount of water, but it is also the potential contributor to the greenhouse gas emissions,

Data analysis techniques such as finding the mean or average of the statement and standard deviation were calculated from the survey results (Wylie et al., 2010).

One critical problem of industrial feedlots is that they devastate the environment due to the grand scale of emissions, odors, and bi-products of the oversized “farms”. With tens of thousands of livestock, comes hundreds of thousands of pounds of waste and manure. Many times, feedlot owners allow the manure to settle in the lots without disposing of it properly because there is just too much of it to contain. This waste can seep into the ground, supersaturating the earth with nitrogen, ammonia, phosphorus, and oxygen-stealing compounds; moreover, manure serves as a breeding ground for diseases and pathogens. In an agricultural paper published by the University of Minnesota, Dr. Mindy Spiehs (animal scientist) and Dr. Sagar Goyal (molecular

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations released, in 2006, a publication which looked over the environmental impact of livestock on the planet. The conclusions found from that report are that up to 70% of grazing land is considered degraded, livestock contributes in CO2 approximately 18% of the climate change, and livestock accounts for about 37% of methane emissions.As we continue to find out the extent of the effects of these things, we must take these things into consideration. Presently, however, the conclusions found from this report among others the impact on the environment is substantial and at unsustainable levels for the near and far future.

2, domesticated cattle, the main service to the main, such as rice. After the 18th century, with the development of agricultural mechanization and changes in consumption needs, except for a small number of developing countries, cattle are still active, the ordinary cattle through continuous breeding and hybrid improvement, have been to the direction of specialization. Such as the United Kingdom bred a lot of

The impacts of livestock on global climate change are important to the health of the ecosystem because it causes the average global temperature to increase. Livestock contributes to the majority of methane emitted into the atmosphere because of the feces it produces. The growing population increase is not helpful to this matter because as a result, a demand of food arises. This demand for food also includes the demand for livestock because it is appropriate for the human diet. “Meat production is to double from 229 million tonnes in [2000] to 465 million tonnes in 2050” (McMichael et al. 1259). The methane emission rate is bound to increase because it is “dependent upon the population size of the [livestock], their productivity, and [handling system]” (Jose et al. 3).

There is a symbiotic relationship that exists between cattle and grass. The cattle maintain a habitat for the grasses through the prevention of shrubs and trees gaining a foothold. They also spread the grass seeds planting them with their hooves as well as fertilizing it. In exchange for this, the grasses offer exclusive meals for the cattle which they convert into high quality protein. The first ingredient in the steers feed was Rumensin which was a powerful antibiotic. This is included in the feeds as animals placed on a back grounding pen tend to get sick as the cow's digestive process can be disturbed. This can result to the death of the animals and hence the antibiotics will reduce this disturbance.

In Bangladesh, livestock is one of the most potential sub-sectors of agriculture which plays an indispensable role in promoting human health and national economy of the country. Livestock not only assists to upgrade the financial condition but also makes a substantial contribution to human nutrition. However, livestock is an integral part of a farming system which has a better contribution to enhancing the economy of Bangladesh. Large ruminants (Cattle and Buffalo) and small ruminants (sheep and goat) constitute the major portion of livestock. The present population of livestock is 23.7 million cattle, 1.47 million Buffalo, 25.76 million goats and 3.3 million sheep (DLS, 2015-16). The total contribution of livestock sub-sector to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Bangladesh is approximately 7.23% and livestock in agricultural production 17.32% (Anonymous, 2007). It also generates 13% of foreign currency and provides 20% fulltime employment and 50% partial employment of rural population (Alam, 1993). In this country, 80% rural people are involved with livestock farming (Siddiki et al., 2009). Most animals are reared in houses under the traditional husbandry practices where small ruminant especially goat and sheep are mainly reared for several reasons including meat, wool and skin production (Hossain et al., 2004). The production and productivity of animals are greatly hampered by different diseases including gastrointestinal parasitic infections.Gastrointestinal parasitism is a