A Value Chain Analysis of the U.S. Beef & Dairy Industries

A Value Chain Analysis of the U.S. Beef & Dairy Industries
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Marcy Lowe | Gary Gereffi

Livestock farms are a major source of greenhouse gases. Certain practices in feeding and manure management can reduce these and other environmental impacts, but how do you encourage 967,440 U.S. farms, ranches and feedlots to adopt these best practices? In this report by Duke GVCC for the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), one finding is that the strongest leverage for impacting such change lies in the downstream players in the value chain.

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