2012 年 33 巻 1 号 p. 172-177
Value chain of the livestock production rooted in locations has been facing challenges due to diverse livestock impacts on environment and new ways of thinking about local and regional economic development. On one hand, rapid increase of herdsis one of the major causes of nature degradation and loss of biodiversity. On the other hand, transactions can impose costs on livestock production. In that case, cluster plays a crucial role in both favorable environment and competitive positioning. Indeed, cluster group of actors must compete to deliver value. This paper tackles the question of how we resolve a stable livestock production and environmental services in order to activate meat cluster based on different vegetation zones. Since the natural resource base is different region to region, local as well as regional meat cluster will concentrate on "who provides the best value" instead of "who supplies the meat to the market".