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标题：4. NATURAL DISASTERS AND LIVESTOCK-EFFECTS AND MITIGATION by ANEES AHMAD SHAH, HILAL MUSADIQ KHAN AND PARWAIZ AHMAD DAR
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作者：ANEES AHMAD SHAH HILAL MUSADIQ KHAN ; PARWAIZ AHMAD DAR
期刊名称：Liminalities : a Journal of Performance Studies
电子版ISSN：1557-2935
出版年度：2017
卷号：88
页码：22 to 29-22 to 29
语种：English
出版社：Liminalities
其他摘要：Livestock sector is an indispensable component of human living contributing both to low income as well as high income (developed) economies. Livestock systems occupy 45% of the global surface area and are a significant global asset with a value of at least US$1.4 trillion (Reid et al., 2008). A large number of people especially the rural mass are directly or indirectly involved with this sector and it has been estimated that this sector supports the livelihood of 70% of the rural poor globally (Ali, 2007). Livestock & livestock products are estimated to make up over 40% of total agricultural output in industrialized nations and about 30% in developing nations (World bank, 2009). Various types of natural disasters like earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods etc. affect humans globally and agriculture in general and livestock in particular have remained highly vulnerable to almost all sorts of natural disasters. Livestock in particular are at a greater risk because they are either left to the mercy of God or are the last ones attended to in the event of any such disaster. However, the economic value of losing livestock in disasters is little considered or under-valued in general awareness. Although specialists working in the fields of disaster recovery and livestock development have long understood these issues but they have rarely expressed these in economic terms.