Climate Change Risks to the Cattle Value Chain in Ethiopia: Proactive Actions for Resilience in the Ethiopian Food System Resilience Program Districts

Cattle value chain plays a significant role in Ethiopia’s economy, backs the livelihoods of millions of households and is an essential element of the mixed farming, agro-pastoral, and pastoral production systems. The sector directly contributes ETB 150.7 billion to the country’s GDP, accounting for...

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Autor principal: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center 2024
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149114
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description Cattle value chain plays a significant role in Ethiopia’s economy, backs the livelihoods of millions of households and is an essential element of the mixed farming, agro-pastoral, and pastoral production systems. The sector directly contributes ETB 150.7 billion to the country’s GDP, accounting for 17% and 39% of the overall GDP and the agricultural GDP, respectively. It also generates 16-19% of foreign currency earnings to the nation. Notwithstanding, cattle production and marketing remain vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and variability. The following are the projected impacts of climate change on the cattle value chain. • Meher season rainfall is projected to increase in all AEZs and FSRP districts to an extent of 237 mm above the baseline. • Belg season rainfall will decline by up to 47 mm in most cattle-producing areas of Ethiopia while increasing in a few FSRP districts by up to 22 mm. • Minimum and maximum temperatures will have an increase by 1 to 1.7 oC and 0.6 to 1.6 oC, respectively. • The number of rainy days, heavy rain and very heavy rain days will increase in all cattle-producing FSRP districts and agroecological zones. • Consecutive dry days (CDDs) will decline in most FSRP districts, while consecutive wet days (CWDs) will increase. • All FSRP districts will have late rainfall onset and cessation dates. Spatiotemporal alterations in major climatic variables will affect cattle production and marketing, followed by several unwelcomed socio-economic consequences.
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spelling CGSpace1491142025-11-11T16:36:21Z Climate Change Risks to the Cattle Value Chain in Ethiopia: Proactive Actions for Resilience in the Ethiopian Food System Resilience Program Districts International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center climate change adaptation risk reduction cattle Cattle value chain plays a significant role in Ethiopia’s economy, backs the livelihoods of millions of households and is an essential element of the mixed farming, agro-pastoral, and pastoral production systems. The sector directly contributes ETB 150.7 billion to the country’s GDP, accounting for 17% and 39% of the overall GDP and the agricultural GDP, respectively. It also generates 16-19% of foreign currency earnings to the nation. Notwithstanding, cattle production and marketing remain vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and variability. The following are the projected impacts of climate change on the cattle value chain. • Meher season rainfall is projected to increase in all AEZs and FSRP districts to an extent of 237 mm above the baseline. • Belg season rainfall will decline by up to 47 mm in most cattle-producing areas of Ethiopia while increasing in a few FSRP districts by up to 22 mm. • Minimum and maximum temperatures will have an increase by 1 to 1.7 oC and 0.6 to 1.6 oC, respectively. • The number of rainy days, heavy rain and very heavy rain days will increase in all cattle-producing FSRP districts and agroecological zones. • Consecutive dry days (CDDs) will decline in most FSRP districts, while consecutive wet days (CWDs) will increase. • All FSRP districts will have late rainfall onset and cessation dates. Spatiotemporal alterations in major climatic variables will affect cattle production and marketing, followed by several unwelcomed socio-economic consequences. 2024-04 2024-07-16T15:58:02Z 2024-07-16T15:58:02Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149114 en Open Access application/pdf International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center CIMMYT. 2024. Climate Change Risks to the Cattle Value Chain in Ethiopia: Proactive Actions for Resilience in the Ethiopian Food System Resilience Program Districts. Policy Brief. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center.
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Climate Change Risks to the Cattle Value Chain in Ethiopia: Proactive Actions for Resilience in the Ethiopian Food System Resilience Program Districts
title Climate Change Risks to the Cattle Value Chain in Ethiopia: Proactive Actions for Resilience in the Ethiopian Food System Resilience Program Districts
title_full Climate Change Risks to the Cattle Value Chain in Ethiopia: Proactive Actions for Resilience in the Ethiopian Food System Resilience Program Districts
title_fullStr Climate Change Risks to the Cattle Value Chain in Ethiopia: Proactive Actions for Resilience in the Ethiopian Food System Resilience Program Districts
title_full_unstemmed Climate Change Risks to the Cattle Value Chain in Ethiopia: Proactive Actions for Resilience in the Ethiopian Food System Resilience Program Districts
title_short Climate Change Risks to the Cattle Value Chain in Ethiopia: Proactive Actions for Resilience in the Ethiopian Food System Resilience Program Districts
title_sort climate change risks to the cattle value chain in ethiopia proactive actions for resilience in the ethiopian food system resilience program districts
topic climate change adaptation
risk reduction
cattle
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