Unexploited economic and environmental benefits from cultivated forages in Zambia
Abstract Livestock production is critical for improved food and nutrition security, sustainability of ecosystems, and resilience. Zambia, like many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, aspires to increase livestock’s contribution to the Gross Domestic Product and generate economic opportunities. Global...
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| author | Mwendia, Solomon Dey, Bhramar Makkar, Harinder Notenbaert, An Maria Omer Ngoma, Noah Sikaceya Peters, Michael |
| author_browse | Dey, Bhramar Makkar, Harinder Mwendia, Solomon Ngoma, Noah Sikaceya Notenbaert, An Maria Omer Peters, Michael |
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| description | Abstract Livestock production is critical for improved food and nutrition security, sustainability of ecosystems, and resilience. Zambia, like many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, aspires to increase livestock’s contribution to the Gross Domestic Product and generate economic opportunities. Global environmental change, however, and the potential of ruminant production to exacerbate it, requires the implementation of innovative and pragmatic technologies for mitigation of and adaptation to the adverse effects of environmental change. Feeding of quality cultivated forages is one of the improved options to address such challenges, especially with dismal cultivation in the country. Cultivated forages provide multiple benefits including an increase in livestock productivity and soil health and reduced greenhouse gas emission intensity. In this study, the seed requirement of promising forage crops to offset the current ruminant roughage gap is estimated. The nutritional and economic benefits of including forages in beef and dairy rations, and associated projected greenhouse gas abatement, are presented. Consequently, the study proposes contextualized business models in Zambia based on both demand-pull factors and supply-push technologies. Zambia is land-linked with eight neighboring countries, and a member of both the Southern African Development Community and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa trade blocks. Therefore, Zambia could produce forage seeds for domestic use as well as the regional market. In addition, it can be a hub for feed production for drier neighboring countries and locations with good livestock production, thereby benefiting the whole region. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1379912025-12-08T10:29:22Z Unexploited economic and environmental benefits from cultivated forages in Zambia Mwendia, Solomon Dey, Bhramar Makkar, Harinder Notenbaert, An Maria Omer Ngoma, Noah Sikaceya Peters, Michael livestock greenhouse gas emissions seeds feed crops-forage crops cost benefit analysis forage seeds Abstract Livestock production is critical for improved food and nutrition security, sustainability of ecosystems, and resilience. Zambia, like many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, aspires to increase livestock’s contribution to the Gross Domestic Product and generate economic opportunities. Global environmental change, however, and the potential of ruminant production to exacerbate it, requires the implementation of innovative and pragmatic technologies for mitigation of and adaptation to the adverse effects of environmental change. Feeding of quality cultivated forages is one of the improved options to address such challenges, especially with dismal cultivation in the country. Cultivated forages provide multiple benefits including an increase in livestock productivity and soil health and reduced greenhouse gas emission intensity. In this study, the seed requirement of promising forage crops to offset the current ruminant roughage gap is estimated. The nutritional and economic benefits of including forages in beef and dairy rations, and associated projected greenhouse gas abatement, are presented. Consequently, the study proposes contextualized business models in Zambia based on both demand-pull factors and supply-push technologies. Zambia is land-linked with eight neighboring countries, and a member of both the Southern African Development Community and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa trade blocks. Therefore, Zambia could produce forage seeds for domestic use as well as the regional market. In addition, it can be a hub for feed production for drier neighboring countries and locations with good livestock production, thereby benefiting the whole region. 2023-12-14 2024-01-18T11:42:20Z 2024-01-18T11:42:20Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137991 en Open Access application/pdf CAB International Mwendia, S.; Dey, B.; Makkar, H.; Notenbaert, A.M.O.; Ngoma, N.S.; Peters, M. (2023) Unexploited economic and environmental benefits from cultivated forages in Zambia. CABI Reviews 18(1): ISSN: 1749-8848 |
| spellingShingle | livestock greenhouse gas emissions seeds feed crops-forage crops cost benefit analysis forage seeds Mwendia, Solomon Dey, Bhramar Makkar, Harinder Notenbaert, An Maria Omer Ngoma, Noah Sikaceya Peters, Michael Unexploited economic and environmental benefits from cultivated forages in Zambia |
| title | Unexploited economic and environmental benefits from cultivated forages in Zambia |
| title_full | Unexploited economic and environmental benefits from cultivated forages in Zambia |
| title_fullStr | Unexploited economic and environmental benefits from cultivated forages in Zambia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unexploited economic and environmental benefits from cultivated forages in Zambia |
| title_short | Unexploited economic and environmental benefits from cultivated forages in Zambia |
| title_sort | unexploited economic and environmental benefits from cultivated forages in zambia |
| topic | livestock greenhouse gas emissions seeds feed crops-forage crops cost benefit analysis forage seeds |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137991 |
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