Expansion of competence in the design and execution of ruminant livestock development programs for the tropics; annual report, 1974/1975

BY THE END OF THIS REPORTING YEAR, A WORKING COMPUTER MODEL HAD BEEN MADE, SOME PRELIMINARY TUNING HAD BEEN DONE TO REPRODUCE MORE CLOSELY THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY, AND THE MODEL HAD BEEN EXAMINED AND CRITICIZED BY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PROJECT CONSORTIUM. ADDITIONAL FIELD WORK WAS CONDUCTED IN GUYANA, BELIZE, AND MEXICO TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION AND MARKETING DATA RELATIVE TO THE GUYANESE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY; TO DISCUSS WITH GUYANESE OFFICIALS POLICY OBJECTIVES, INSTRUMENTS, AND CRITERIA FOR VALUATION OF POLICY; AND TO EVALUATE THE LIVESTOCK SITUATION IN OTHER COUNTRIES WHICH ARE POTENTIAL COMPETITORS IN THE CARIBBEAN MARKET. IN MEXICO, DATA WERE OBTAINED ON THE FEEDING OF SUGAR CANE TO CATTLE IN CONFINEMENT, AND DISCUSSIONS WERE HELD WITH MEMBERS OF THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT WHO HAVE ATTEMPTED TO UTILIZE COMPUTERIZED SECTOR MODEL, IN POLICY MAKING.