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Letter
from Editors
Animal
genetic resources have been contributing to both food and agriculture for more
than 12,000 years, providing meat, milk products, eggs, fibre, fertilizer for
crops, manure for fuel and draught power. It
is estimated that, directly and indirectly, domestic animals supply about 30
percent of total human requirements for food and agriculture.
However, the value of animals for the human beings went far beyond its
mere economic role. The human have
gained into the temperament of these animals including an inspiration in culture
and the arts expressed among literature, religious customs, legends, and the
oral and written language. Therefore,
the animals have been the source of a multitude of creative inspirations for the
human – literature, mythology, legends, maxims – they all contain clear
reflection of the animal.
The
purpose of this booklet is to communicate
the relationship between local livestock and human, especially to recognize the
role domestic animals play in agriculture vs. non-agriculture and/or
socioeconomic vs. cultural function, e.g. the value of livestock to households
in member economies of APEC region. However,
this requires fully support
from all member economies because the value and importance of the animals will
vary between different types of system. In the non-commercial systems the animals, having a value
within the family economy, also have a socio-cultural significance, which are
difficult to evaluate in economic terms. It
is also clearly the animals kept in certain conditions or households in
developing member economies were used for multiple purposes and their importance
to the families was immense.
Buffalo,
cattle, chicken, pig and quail species from economies are reported in this
booklet, an effort of international communication.
The editors wish to express our grateful appreciation to the authors for
their contributions. In addition,
some of scientists helped to contact with authors, and review, edit and critique
all the material presented in the booklet.
Their contributions are gratefully appreciated.
Particular thanks are due to Su-San Chang, Wu-Li Chang, Der-Cheng Chou,
Tin-Chin Chou, Yung-Yu Lai, Yung-Yi Sung, Tracy Tung and Ming-Che Wu. The
administrative and financial assistance of Breeding and Genetics Division,
Livestock Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, towards the printing of
color plates is also gratefully acknowledged.
Hsiu-Luan Chang, Ph. D.
Yu-Chia Huang, Ph. D.
October 2003
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