Tropical forage-based systems for climate-smart livestock production in Latin America

Tropical forage grasses and legumes as key components of sustainable crop-livestock systems in Latin America and the Caribbean have major implications for improving food security, alleviating poverty, restoring degraded lands and mitigating climate change. Climate-smart tropical forage crops can imp...

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Main Authors: Rao, Idupulapati M., Peters, Michael, Hoek, Rein van der, Castro, A., Subbaraoa, Guntur V., Cadisch, Georg, Rincón, A.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: 2014
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/56951
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author Rao, Idupulapati M.
Peters, Michael
Hoek, Rein van der
Castro, A.
Subbaraoa, Guntur V.
Cadisch, Georg
Rincón, A.
author_browse Cadisch, Georg
Castro, A.
Hoek, Rein van der
Peters, Michael
Rao, Idupulapati M.
Rincón, A.
Subbaraoa, Guntur V.
author_facet Rao, Idupulapati M.
Peters, Michael
Hoek, Rein van der
Castro, A.
Subbaraoa, Guntur V.
Cadisch, Georg
Rincón, A.
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description Tropical forage grasses and legumes as key components of sustainable crop-livestock systems in Latin America and the Caribbean have major implications for improving food security, alleviating poverty, restoring degraded lands and mitigating climate change. Climate-smart tropical forage crops can improve the livestock productivity of smallholder farming systems and break the cycle of poverty and resource degradation. Sustainable intensification of forage-based systems contributes to better human nutrition, increases farm incomes, raises soil carbon accumulation and reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
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spelling CGSpace569512025-05-20T08:27:20Z Tropical forage-based systems for climate-smart livestock production in Latin America Rao, Idupulapati M. Peters, Michael Hoek, Rein van der Castro, A. Subbaraoa, Guntur V. Cadisch, Georg Rincón, A. Tropical forage grasses and legumes as key components of sustainable crop-livestock systems in Latin America and the Caribbean have major implications for improving food security, alleviating poverty, restoring degraded lands and mitigating climate change. Climate-smart tropical forage crops can improve the livestock productivity of smallholder farming systems and break the cycle of poverty and resource degradation. Sustainable intensification of forage-based systems contributes to better human nutrition, increases farm incomes, raises soil carbon accumulation and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. 2014-11-17 2015-02-26T21:18:40Z 2015-02-26T21:18:40Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/56951 en Open Access Rao, IM; Peters, M; van der Hoek, R; Castro, A; Subbarao, GV; Cadisch, G; Rincón, A. (2014). Tropical forage-based systems for climate-smart livestock production in Latin America. Rural21 4: 12-15.
spellingShingle Rao, Idupulapati M.
Peters, Michael
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Tropical forage-based systems for climate-smart livestock production in Latin America
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