This book presents the first comprehensive study of the national and global
environmental effects of Indias livestock production system. The first few
chapters provide a descriptive account of Indias livestock biodiversity as
determined by environmental conditions, modes of livestock farming, integrated
with agriculture, and its direct and indirect linkages with environment. The
authors have also formulated an environmental model of the livestock population
system in an input-output framework. Finally, the book compares the
environmental effects of the Indian dairy production system to that of the U.S.