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: Received: 14 January 2024 / Approved: 15 January 2024 / Online: 15 January 2024 (08:32:07 CET)
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Khire, I.; Ryba, R. Can States Become Wealthier While Keeping Livestock Intensification Low? Evidence From India. Preprints2024, 2024011106. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.1106.v1
Khire, I.; Ryba, R. Can States Become Wealthier While Keeping Livestock Intensification Low? Evidence From India. Preprints 2024, 2024011106. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.1106.v1
Khire, I.; Ryba, R. Can States Become Wealthier While Keeping Livestock Intensification Low? Evidence From India. Preprints2024, 2024011106. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.1106.v1
APA Style
Khire, I., & Ryba, R. (2024). Can States Become Wealthier While Keeping Livestock Intensification Low? Evidence From India. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.1106.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Khire, I. and Ren Ryba. 2024 "Can States Become Wealthier While Keeping Livestock Intensification Low? Evidence From India" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.1106.v1
Abstract
Rising demand and urbanization have led to the global increase and intensification of livestock production. Intensive production has harmful effects on the environment, public health (due to the emergence of zoonotic diseases), and animal welfare. In order to better understand how livestock production intensifies as countries develop and incomes rise, we examine the relationship between income per capita and intensification of poultry and cattle, using the states of India as a study region. We also replicate this analysis at the district level to test whether the relationship holds at different spatial scales. We identify outlying states and districts to see if there are policies that can keep agriculture production largely extensive, even as economic growth occurs. The results support the relationship of income being positively correlated with the proportion of livestock in intensive conditions. However, there are notable outlier states which have grown wealthy while still maintaining largely extensive production, indicating that there may be some cases where economic growth can occur without intensification.
Keywords
dairy; GDP; meat consumption; net state domestic product; poultry; urbanization
Subject
Business, Economics and Management, Economics
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