Big win: Improving grasslands
The total number of livestock worldwide is estimated at 17 billion. Around two thirds - 5 billion hectares - of the world’s total agricultural area is used to feed these animals, including 3.4 billion hectares of grazing land. Much of this land has been severely degraded by overgrazing and unsustain...
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International Center for Tropical Agriculture
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77753 |
| Sumario: | The total number of livestock worldwide
is estimated at 17 billion. Around two thirds
- 5 billion hectares - of the world’s
total agricultural area is used to feed these
animals, including 3.4 billion hectares of
grazing land. Much of this land has been
severely degraded by overgrazing and
unsustainable production. |
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