1. Livestock Goods and Bads Survey

This is a quick survey to get a feel for what BSAS members think and know about livestock goods and bads. Please don't research your answers - you should be able to complete the whole survey in 2 or 3 minutes. Responses are all anonymous. Assuming a reasonable number of responses results will be analysed and presented at a meeting of animal scientists in India later this year.

Thanks,

Alan Duncan
International Livestock Research Institute

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* 1. What percent of global greenhouse gas emissions come from livestock?

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* 2. In global terms are livestock:

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* 3. In Sub-saharan Africa are livestock:

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* 4. In South Asia are livestock:

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* 5. Of the following global livestock 'bads', I rank their importance as follows:

  The most important Second most important Third most important Fourth most important The least important
'Eating too much meat is bad for people's health'
Climate change
Environmental/water pollution
Overgrazing and loss of biodiversity
Zoonotic disease such as rift valley fever, 'bird flu', brucellosis, or rabies

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* 6. Of the following global livestock 'goods', I rank their importance as follows:

  Most important Second most important Third most important Fourth most important Least important
Cultural value
Maintaining biodiversity and providing environmental services – e.g. management of rangeland condition
Nutritional supplementation for under-nourished people and children
Livelihood option for the world’s poor
Provision of inputs (draught power, manure) in mixed crop livestock systems

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