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Biomass use, production, feed efficiencies, and greenhouse gas emissions from global livestock systems
- M. Herrero, P. Havlík, +7 authors M. Obersteiner
- Environmental Science, Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 16 December 2013
Significance This report is unique in presenting a high-resolution dataset of biomass use, production, feed efficiencies, and greenhouse gas emissions by global livestock. This information will allow… Expand
Adapting agriculture to climate change in Kenya: household strategies and determinants.
- E. Bryan, C. Ringler, B. Okoba, Carla Roncoli, S. Silvestri, M. Herrero
- Business, Medicine
- Journal of environmental management
- 15 January 2013
Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are particularly vulnerable to climate change, given dependence on agricultural production and limited adaptive capacity. Based on farm household and Participatory… Expand
Mapping Climate Vulnerability and Poverty in Africa
- P. Thornton, P. Jones, +6 authors A. Omolo
- Geography
- 1 May 2006
Executive Summary The world's climate is continuing to change at rates that are projected to be unprecedented in recent human history. Some models are now indicating that the temperature increases to… Expand
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The impacts of climate change on livestock and livestock systems in developing countries: A review of what we know and what we need to know
- P. Thornton, J. V. D. Steeg, A. Notenbaert, M. Herrero
- Business
- 1 July 2009
Despite the importance of livestock to poor people and the magnitude of the changes that are likely to befall livestock systems, the intersection of climate change and livestock in developing… Expand
Sustainable Intensification in Agriculture: Premises and Policies
- T. Garnett, M. Appleby, +14 authors H. Godfray
- Business, Medicine
- Science
- 5 July 2013
Clearer understanding is needed of the premises underlying SI and how it relates to food-system priorities. Food security is high on the global policy agenda. Demand for food is increasing as… Expand
Water and livestock for human development
- D. Peden, G. Tadesse, +10 authors A. Yimegnuhal
- Environmental Science
- 28 February 2007
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Smart Investments in Sustainable Food Production: Revisiting Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems
- M. Herrero, P. Thornton, +14 authors M. Rosegrant
- Business, Medicine
- Science
- 12 February 2010
Farmers in mixed crop-livestock systems produce about half of the world’s food. In small holdings around the world, livestock are reared mostly on grass, browse, and nonfood biomass from maize,… Expand
Climate change perception and adaptation of agro-pastoral communities in Kenya
- S. Silvestri, E. Bryan, C. Ringler, M. Herrero, B. Okoba
- Geography
- Regional Environmental Change
- 4 March 2012
Data on agro-pastoralists’ perceptions of climate change and adaptation options were collected from agro-pastoral communities in 7 rural districts of Kenya. Key adaptation strategies for livestock… Expand
Livestock, livelihoods and the environment: understanding the trade-offs
- M. Herrero, P. Thornton, P. Gerber, R. Reid
- Business
- 1 December 2009
Livestock are a global resource of significant benefits to society in the form of food, income, nutrients, employment, insurance, traction, clothing and others. In the process of providing these… Expand
Mapping of poverty and likely zoonoses hotspots
The objective of this report is to present data and expert knowledge on poverty and zoonoses hotspots to inform prioritisation of study areas on the transmission of disease in emerging livestock… Expand
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