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Reconstructing production efficiency, land use and trade for livestock systems in historical perspective. The case of France, 1961–2010

Souhil Harchaoui - No affiliation found

2017/09/01 Full-length article DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.05.028 Journal: Land Use Policy

Abstract:

Highlights•Differential energy efficiency increase per livestock category from 1961 to 2010.•Livestock production went 53% up and land use 28% down in fifty years.•Drop by 20% of the share of pastures in total feed land in fifty years.•Gross virtual land trade is today about five times higher than the net land exports.