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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Main Author: International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: International Center for Tropical Agriculture 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77753
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description 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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spelling CGSpace777532025-11-05T17:49:00Z Big win: Improving grasslands International Center for Tropical Agriculture livestock ganado climate change cambio climático greenhouse gases gases de efecto invernadero soil brachiaria grasslands praderas 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. 2016-11 2016-11-15T15:17:11Z 2016-11-15T15:17:11Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77753 en Open Access application/pdf International Center for Tropical Agriculture CIAT. 2016. Big win: Improving grasslands. International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali, CO. 1 P.
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ganado
climate change
cambio climático
greenhouse gases
gases de efecto invernadero
soil
brachiaria
grasslands
praderas
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Big win: Improving grasslands
title Big win: Improving grasslands
title_full Big win: Improving grasslands
title_fullStr Big win: Improving grasslands
title_full_unstemmed Big win: Improving grasslands
title_short Big win: Improving grasslands
title_sort big win improving grasslands
topic livestock
ganado
climate change
cambio climático
greenhouse gases
gases de efecto invernadero
soil
brachiaria
grasslands
praderas
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