动物福利越来越被认为是可持续农业生产的关键组成部分。东南亚和印度正在见证无笼鸡蛋生产的新兴市场。为了评估该地区无笼子政策的经济可持续性,了解这种转变将如何影响农民的成本和收入至关重要。在这篇文章中,我们提供了可用于评估东南亚和印度无笼产蛋量的现有信息的概述.世界各地的无笼鸡蛋生产商往往会经历更高的成本,但是这些成本被更高的收入所抵消。由于零售商或政府政策刺激了东南亚和印度对无笼鸡蛋的需求,我们希望生产者能够满足这一需求。特别是在亚洲,主要的成本部分是家禽饲料。我们得出的结论是,该地区鸡蛋生产的经济可行性可能是由饲料价格和相关的政府政策驱动的。而不是生产系统本身。
Animal welfare is increasingly understood to be a key component of sustainable agricultural production. Southeast Asia and India are witnessing an emerging market for cage-free egg production. To evaluate the economic sustainability of cage-free policies in the region, it is critical to understand how this transition will affect farmers\' costs and revenues. In this article, we provide an overview of the available information that can inform evaluations of cage-free egg production in Southeast Asia and India. Cage-free egg producers around the world tend to experience higher costs, but these costs are offset by higher revenues. As demand for cage-free eggs is stimulated in Southeast Asia and India by retailer or government policies, we expect that producers will be capable of meeting this demand. In Asia specifically, the dominant cost component is poultry feed. We conclude that the economic viability of egg production in the region is likely to be driven by feed prices and associated government policies, rather than production system per se.