Further evidence that gender matters for GHG mitigation in the dairy sector: Analysis of survey data from central Kenya highlights interactive effects of gender and farm management practices on milk yield and GHG emission intensity

Consumption of dairy products in Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to increase significantly in the coming decades. As production increases, there will be an increasing need to reduce the environmental impacts of dairy production. One way to reduce the carbon footprint of milk production is to increas...

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Autores principales: Wilkes, Andreas, Wassie, Shimels Eshete, Vorlaufer, Miriam, Odhong’, Charles, Dijk, Suzanne van der
Formato: Brief
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Publicado: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/107156
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author Wilkes, Andreas
Wassie, Shimels Eshete
Vorlaufer, Miriam
Odhong’, Charles
Dijk, Suzanne van der
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Odhong’, Charles
Vorlaufer, Miriam
Wassie, Shimels Eshete
Wilkes, Andreas
author_facet Wilkes, Andreas
Wassie, Shimels Eshete
Vorlaufer, Miriam
Odhong’, Charles
Dijk, Suzanne van der
author_sort Wilkes, Andreas
collection Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace)
description Consumption of dairy products in Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to increase significantly in the coming decades. As production increases, there will be an increasing need to reduce the environmental impacts of dairy production. One way to reduce the carbon footprint of milk production is to increase productivity: more productive cows use a greater proportion of feed energy and protein intake for milk production than less productive cows. Because more milk is produced for a given level of feed intake, the carbon footprint of milk can be reduced. Productivity may be increased by a range of management practices, such as improved breeds, use of higher quality feeds, animal health interventions and more. Often these measures are implemented as technology packages. For example, stall-feeding often involves adoption of improved dairy breeds and changes in feed sources and feed quality. Adoption of more intensive management practices is commonly linked to increased commercialization so that intensive production remains profitable. While most smallholders sell to informal markets, linking smallholders to the formal market (e.g. cooperatives and processing firms) is also seen as one way to incentivize and enable increased milk production. Thus, Kenya’s proposed dairy NAMA intends to promote intensification of production practices on farm to increase milk yields, and link dairy farmers to cooperatives and formal sector milk processors to strengthen market-based incentives for increased milk production (SDL 2017).
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spelling CGSpace1071562024-03-06T10:16:43Z Further evidence that gender matters for GHG mitigation in the dairy sector: Analysis of survey data from central Kenya highlights interactive effects of gender and farm management practices on milk yield and GHG emission intensity Wilkes, Andreas Wassie, Shimels Eshete Vorlaufer, Miriam Odhong’, Charles Dijk, Suzanne van der climate change agriculture food security gender dairy Consumption of dairy products in Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to increase significantly in the coming decades. As production increases, there will be an increasing need to reduce the environmental impacts of dairy production. One way to reduce the carbon footprint of milk production is to increase productivity: more productive cows use a greater proportion of feed energy and protein intake for milk production than less productive cows. Because more milk is produced for a given level of feed intake, the carbon footprint of milk can be reduced. Productivity may be increased by a range of management practices, such as improved breeds, use of higher quality feeds, animal health interventions and more. Often these measures are implemented as technology packages. For example, stall-feeding often involves adoption of improved dairy breeds and changes in feed sources and feed quality. Adoption of more intensive management practices is commonly linked to increased commercialization so that intensive production remains profitable. While most smallholders sell to informal markets, linking smallholders to the formal market (e.g. cooperatives and processing firms) is also seen as one way to incentivize and enable increased milk production. Thus, Kenya’s proposed dairy NAMA intends to promote intensification of production practices on farm to increase milk yields, and link dairy farmers to cooperatives and formal sector milk processors to strengthen market-based incentives for increased milk production (SDL 2017). 2020-02-01 2020-02-19T15:47:01Z 2020-02-19T15:47:01Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/107156 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Wilkes A, Wassie SE, Vorlaufer M, Odhong' C, van Dijk S. 2020. Further evidence that gender matters for GHG mitigation in the dairy sector: Analysis of survey data from central Kenya highlights interactive effects of gender and farm management practices on milk yield and GHG emission intensity. Wageningen, The Netherlands: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
spellingShingle climate change
agriculture
food security
gender
dairy
Wilkes, Andreas
Wassie, Shimels Eshete
Vorlaufer, Miriam
Odhong’, Charles
Dijk, Suzanne van der
Further evidence that gender matters for GHG mitigation in the dairy sector: Analysis of survey data from central Kenya highlights interactive effects of gender and farm management practices on milk yield and GHG emission intensity
title Further evidence that gender matters for GHG mitigation in the dairy sector: Analysis of survey data from central Kenya highlights interactive effects of gender and farm management practices on milk yield and GHG emission intensity
title_full Further evidence that gender matters for GHG mitigation in the dairy sector: Analysis of survey data from central Kenya highlights interactive effects of gender and farm management practices on milk yield and GHG emission intensity
title_fullStr Further evidence that gender matters for GHG mitigation in the dairy sector: Analysis of survey data from central Kenya highlights interactive effects of gender and farm management practices on milk yield and GHG emission intensity
title_full_unstemmed Further evidence that gender matters for GHG mitigation in the dairy sector: Analysis of survey data from central Kenya highlights interactive effects of gender and farm management practices on milk yield and GHG emission intensity
title_short Further evidence that gender matters for GHG mitigation in the dairy sector: Analysis of survey data from central Kenya highlights interactive effects of gender and farm management practices on milk yield and GHG emission intensity
title_sort further evidence that gender matters for ghg mitigation in the dairy sector analysis of survey data from central kenya highlights interactive effects of gender and farm management practices on milk yield and ghg emission intensity
topic climate change
agriculture
food security
gender
dairy
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/107156
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