Improved ruminant genetics: Implementation guidance for policymakers and investors
Genetics makes use of natural variation among animals. Selecting preferred animals as parents can yield permanent and cumulative improvements in the population. More efficient animals can greatly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and feed costs. Breeding, including cross-breeding between indigenous an...
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| author | Haas, Yvette de Davis, Steve Reisinger, Andy Richards, Meryl B. Difford, Gareth Lassen, Jan |
| author_browse | Davis, Steve Difford, Gareth Haas, Yvette de Lassen, Jan Reisinger, Andy Richards, Meryl B. |
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| description | Genetics makes use of natural variation among animals. Selecting preferred animals as parents can yield permanent and cumulative improvements in the population. More efficient animals can greatly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and feed costs. Breeding, including cross-breeding between indigenous and imported species, can also improve resilience to diseases and heat stress and increase reproductive performance. |
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| spelling | CGSpace770412024-07-29T19:31:00Z Improved ruminant genetics: Implementation guidance for policymakers and investors Haas, Yvette de Davis, Steve Reisinger, Andy Richards, Meryl B. Difford, Gareth Lassen, Jan agriculture climate change food security climate-smart agriculture Genetics makes use of natural variation among animals. Selecting preferred animals as parents can yield permanent and cumulative improvements in the population. More efficient animals can greatly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and feed costs. Breeding, including cross-breeding between indigenous and imported species, can also improve resilience to diseases and heat stress and increase reproductive performance. 2016-09-09 2016-09-13T09:03:49Z 2016-09-13T09:03:49Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77041 en Open Access application/pdf de Haas Y, Davis S, Reisinger A, Richards MB, Difford G, Lassen J. 2016. Improved ruminant genetics: Implementation guidance for policymakers and investors. Climate-Smart Agriculture Practice Brief. Copenhagen, Denmark: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). |
| spellingShingle | agriculture climate change food security climate-smart agriculture Haas, Yvette de Davis, Steve Reisinger, Andy Richards, Meryl B. Difford, Gareth Lassen, Jan Improved ruminant genetics: Implementation guidance for policymakers and investors |
| title | Improved ruminant genetics: Implementation guidance for policymakers and investors |
| title_full | Improved ruminant genetics: Implementation guidance for policymakers and investors |
| title_fullStr | Improved ruminant genetics: Implementation guidance for policymakers and investors |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improved ruminant genetics: Implementation guidance for policymakers and investors |
| title_short | Improved ruminant genetics: Implementation guidance for policymakers and investors |
| title_sort | improved ruminant genetics implementation guidance for policymakers and investors |
| topic | agriculture climate change food security climate-smart agriculture |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77041 |
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