Smart investments in sustainable food production: revisiting mixed crop-livestock systems
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, millet, rice, and sorghum crops and in their turn supply manure and traction for future crops. Animals act...
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| author | Herrero, Mario Thornton, Philip K. Notenbaert, An Maria Omer Wood, S. Msangi, Siwa Freeman, H.A. Bossio, Deborah A. Dixon, John A. Peters, Michael Steeg, Jeannette van de Lynam, John K. Rao, P.P. MacMillan, Susan Gerard, Bruno G. McDermott, John J. Seré Rabé, Carlos Rosegrant, Mark W. |
| author_browse | Bossio, Deborah A. Dixon, John A. Freeman, H.A. Gerard, Bruno G. Herrero, Mario Lynam, John K. MacMillan, Susan McDermott, John J. Msangi, Siwa Notenbaert, An Maria Omer Peters, Michael Rao, P.P. Rosegrant, Mark W. Seré Rabé, Carlos Steeg, Jeannette van de Thornton, Philip K. Wood, S. |
| author_facet | Herrero, Mario Thornton, Philip K. Notenbaert, An Maria Omer Wood, S. Msangi, Siwa Freeman, H.A. Bossio, Deborah A. Dixon, John A. Peters, Michael Steeg, Jeannette van de Lynam, John K. Rao, P.P. MacMillan, Susan Gerard, Bruno G. McDermott, John J. Seré Rabé, Carlos Rosegrant, Mark W. |
| author_sort | Herrero, Mario |
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| description | 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, millet, rice, and sorghum crops and in their turn supply manure and traction for future crops. Animals act as insurance against hard times and supply farmers with a source of regular income from sales of milk, eggs, and other products. Thus, faced with population growth and climate change, small-holder farmers should be the first target for policies to intensify production by carefully managed inputs of fertilizer, water, and feed to minimize waste and environmental impact, supported by improved access to markets, new varieties, and technologies. |
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| spelling | CGSpace6512025-11-12T06:00:19Z Smart investments in sustainable food production: revisiting mixed crop-livestock systems Herrero, Mario Thornton, Philip K. Notenbaert, An Maria Omer Wood, S. Msangi, Siwa Freeman, H.A. Bossio, Deborah A. Dixon, John A. Peters, Michael Steeg, Jeannette van de Lynam, John K. Rao, P.P. MacMillan, Susan Gerard, Bruno G. McDermott, John J. Seré Rabé, Carlos Rosegrant, Mark W. 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, millet, rice, and sorghum crops and in their turn supply manure and traction for future crops. Animals act as insurance against hard times and supply farmers with a source of regular income from sales of milk, eggs, and other products. Thus, faced with population growth and climate change, small-holder farmers should be the first target for policies to intensify production by carefully managed inputs of fertilizer, water, and feed to minimize waste and environmental impact, supported by improved access to markets, new varieties, and technologies. 2010-02-12 2010-02-12T10:53:30Z 2010-02-12T10:53:30Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/651 en Open Access application/pdf American Association for the Advancement of Science Herrero, M.; Thornton, P.K.; Notenbaert, A.M.; Wood, S.; Msangi, S.; Freeman, H.A.; Bossio, D.; Dixon, J.; Peters, M.; Steeg, J. van de; Lynam, J.; Rao, P.P.; Macmillan, S.; Gerard, B.; McDermott, J.; Seré, C.; Rosegrant, M. 2010. Smart investments in sustainable food production: revisiting mixed crop-livestock systems. Science. v. 327(5967). p. 822-825. |
| spellingShingle | Herrero, Mario Thornton, Philip K. Notenbaert, An Maria Omer Wood, S. Msangi, Siwa Freeman, H.A. Bossio, Deborah A. Dixon, John A. Peters, Michael Steeg, Jeannette van de Lynam, John K. Rao, P.P. MacMillan, Susan Gerard, Bruno G. McDermott, John J. Seré Rabé, Carlos Rosegrant, Mark W. Smart investments in sustainable food production: revisiting mixed crop-livestock systems |
| title | Smart investments in sustainable food production: revisiting mixed crop-livestock systems |
| title_full | Smart investments in sustainable food production: revisiting mixed crop-livestock systems |
| title_fullStr | Smart investments in sustainable food production: revisiting mixed crop-livestock systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Smart investments in sustainable food production: revisiting mixed crop-livestock systems |
| title_short | Smart investments in sustainable food production: revisiting mixed crop-livestock systems |
| title_sort | smart investments in sustainable food production revisiting mixed crop livestock systems |
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