Agroforestry, livestock, fodder production and climate change adaptation and mitigation in East Africa: issues and options

Agroforestry and livestock-keeping both have the potential to promote anthropogenic climate changeresilience, and understanding how they can support each other in this context is crucial. Here, we discuss relevant issues in East Africa, where recent agroforestry interventions to support livestockkee...

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Main Authors: Dawson, Ian K., Carsan, S., Franzel, Steven, Kindt, Roeland, Breugel, P. van, Graudal, Lars, Lillesø, Jens-Peter B., Orwa, C., Jamnadass, Ramni H.
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: World Agroforestry Centre 2014
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68211
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author Dawson, Ian K.
Carsan, S.
Franzel, Steven
Kindt, Roeland
Breugel, P. van
Graudal, Lars
Lillesø, Jens-Peter B.
Orwa, C.
Jamnadass, Ramni H.
author_browse Breugel, P. van
Carsan, S.
Dawson, Ian K.
Franzel, Steven
Graudal, Lars
Jamnadass, Ramni H.
Kindt, Roeland
Lillesø, Jens-Peter B.
Orwa, C.
author_facet Dawson, Ian K.
Carsan, S.
Franzel, Steven
Kindt, Roeland
Breugel, P. van
Graudal, Lars
Lillesø, Jens-Peter B.
Orwa, C.
Jamnadass, Ramni H.
author_sort Dawson, Ian K.
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description Agroforestry and livestock-keeping both have the potential to promote anthropogenic climate changeresilience, and understanding how they can support each other in this context is crucial. Here, we discuss relevant issues in East Africa, where recent agroforestry interventions to support livestockkeeping have included the planting of mostly-exotic tree-fodders, and where most parts of the region are expected to become drier in the next decades, although smaller areas may become wetter. Wider cultivation and improved management of fodder trees provides adaptation and mitigation opportunities in the region, but these are generally not well quantified and there are clear opportunities for increasing productivity and resilience through diversification, genetic improvement, improved farm-input delivery and better modelling of future scenarios. We relate, and illustrate with the example of current- and future-climate tree species distribution modelling, important areas for future research.
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spelling CGSpace682112024-05-01T14:10:36Z Agroforestry, livestock, fodder production and climate change adaptation and mitigation in East Africa: issues and options Dawson, Ian K. Carsan, S. Franzel, Steven Kindt, Roeland Breugel, P. van Graudal, Lars Lillesø, Jens-Peter B. Orwa, C. Jamnadass, Ramni H. climate change agriculture food security climate-smart agriculture Agroforestry and livestock-keeping both have the potential to promote anthropogenic climate changeresilience, and understanding how they can support each other in this context is crucial. Here, we discuss relevant issues in East Africa, where recent agroforestry interventions to support livestockkeeping have included the planting of mostly-exotic tree-fodders, and where most parts of the region are expected to become drier in the next decades, although smaller areas may become wetter. Wider cultivation and improved management of fodder trees provides adaptation and mitigation opportunities in the region, but these are generally not well quantified and there are clear opportunities for increasing productivity and resilience through diversification, genetic improvement, improved farm-input delivery and better modelling of future scenarios. We relate, and illustrate with the example of current- and future-climate tree species distribution modelling, important areas for future research. 2014 2015-09-16T17:01:33Z 2015-09-16T17:01:33Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68211 en Open Access World Agroforestry Centre Dawson IK, Carsan S, Franzel S, Kindt R, van Breugel P, Graudal L, Lillesø J-PB, Orwa C, Jamnadass R. 2014. Agroforestry, livestock, fodder production and climate change adaptation and mitigation in East Africa: issues and options. ICRAF Working Paper No. 178. Nairobi: World Agroforestry Centre.
spellingShingle climate change
agriculture
food security
climate-smart agriculture
Dawson, Ian K.
Carsan, S.
Franzel, Steven
Kindt, Roeland
Breugel, P. van
Graudal, Lars
Lillesø, Jens-Peter B.
Orwa, C.
Jamnadass, Ramni H.
Agroforestry, livestock, fodder production and climate change adaptation and mitigation in East Africa: issues and options
title Agroforestry, livestock, fodder production and climate change adaptation and mitigation in East Africa: issues and options
title_full Agroforestry, livestock, fodder production and climate change adaptation and mitigation in East Africa: issues and options
title_fullStr Agroforestry, livestock, fodder production and climate change adaptation and mitigation in East Africa: issues and options
title_full_unstemmed Agroforestry, livestock, fodder production and climate change adaptation and mitigation in East Africa: issues and options
title_short Agroforestry, livestock, fodder production and climate change adaptation and mitigation in East Africa: issues and options
title_sort agroforestry livestock fodder production and climate change adaptation and mitigation in east africa issues and options
topic climate change
agriculture
food security
climate-smart agriculture
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68211
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