Msangi S., Enahoro D., Herrero M., Magnan N., Havlik P., Notenbaert A., Nelgen S.
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2033 K Street NW, Washington, DC, United States; International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Accra, Ghana; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Brisbane, Australia; Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States; International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria; International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Nairobi, Kenya; International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya
Msangi, S., International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2033 K Street NW, Washington, DC, United States; Enahoro, D., International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Accra, Ghana; Herrero, M., Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Brisbane, Australia; Magnan, N., Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States; Havlik, P., International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria; Notenbaert, A., International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Nairobi, Kenya; Nelgen, S., International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya
The various ways in which livestock production systems can be incorporated into economic, partial-equilibrium, multi-market models are presented, and the challenges outlined. A particular focus and illustrative case is livestock feed. Foremost among the challenges is the reconciliation of scientific understanding of livestock feed requirements and production characteristics with the available national data. Another challenge is in estimating herd structures. An economic, multi-market modeling approach is presented which has been widely used in policy analysis and advocacy, and an account is given of the necessary recent enhancements for addressing livestock. © 2014 The Authors.
