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{{VariableTemplate
{{VariableTemplate
|Label=Feed conversion (FCR)
|Label=Feed conversion (FCR)
|Description=Determines the feed requirement for cattle, poultry, pigs, sheep and goats
|Description=a measure of an animal's efficiency in converting feed mass into increases of the desired output (for cattle, poultry, pigs, sheep and goats)
|Dimension=time, region
|Dimension=time, region
|VariableType=driver
|VariableType=driver
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|DriverGroup=Technological change in agriculture and forestry
|DriverGroup=Technological change in agriculture and forestry
|BasedOn=Own estimates
|BasedOn=Historic: FAO; Future: Scenario assumption
|Reference=Bouwman et al., 2005;  
|Source3=
|Source3=
|Reference2=
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Revision as of 16:01, 25 April 2014

Label: Feed conversion (FCR)
Description: a measure of an animal's efficiency in converting feed mass into increases of the desired output (for cattle, poultry, pigs, sheep and goats)
Dimensions: time, region
Variable type: driver
Driver group: Technological change in agriculture and forestry
Values based on: Historic: FAO; Future: Scenario assumption


Drivers are described in the Drivers component.


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