Adaptive livestock production models for rural livelihoods transformation
Over 60% of land in southern Africa is suitable for livestock production and the contribution to gross domestic product is about 36%. Livestock play important roles in rural livelihood systems including food provision like meat and milk, services like draught power and transport, nutrient supply thr...
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| author | Murungweni, C. Tada, O. Nhamo, N. |
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| description | Over 60% of land in southern Africa is suitable for livestock production and the contribution to gross domestic product is about 36%. Livestock play important roles in rural livelihood systems including food provision like meat and milk, services like draught power and transport, nutrient supply through manure, and key sociocultural roles like bride price and household firm. However, climate change threatens livestock industry through loss of feed-base, increased disease incidences, and increased global footprint for greenhouse gas production, more restrictive livestock production polices. More difficulties in livestock industry would lead to low supply of livestock products, low off-take, under developed marketing infrastructure, and poor market access leading to increased poverty in rural households. The main objective of this chapter is to explore opportunities for livestock production and marketing systems that can transform the livestock industry and help to build resilience through climate-smart technologies. Livestock is a form of wealth, source of draught power and manure; however, the livestock contributes to greenhouse gases through belching and manure mineralization. Production systems should take into account increased productivity with reduced environmental pollution. |
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| spelling | CGSpace930402025-12-08T09:54:28Z Adaptive livestock production models for rural livelihoods transformation Murungweni, C. Tada, O. Nhamo, N. agriculture climate smart agriculture greenhouse gas livestock production climate change rural livelihood marketing transformation Over 60% of land in southern Africa is suitable for livestock production and the contribution to gross domestic product is about 36%. Livestock play important roles in rural livelihood systems including food provision like meat and milk, services like draught power and transport, nutrient supply through manure, and key sociocultural roles like bride price and household firm. However, climate change threatens livestock industry through loss of feed-base, increased disease incidences, and increased global footprint for greenhouse gas production, more restrictive livestock production polices. More difficulties in livestock industry would lead to low supply of livestock products, low off-take, under developed marketing infrastructure, and poor market access leading to increased poverty in rural households. The main objective of this chapter is to explore opportunities for livestock production and marketing systems that can transform the livestock industry and help to build resilience through climate-smart technologies. Livestock is a form of wealth, source of draught power and manure; however, the livestock contributes to greenhouse gases through belching and manure mineralization. Production systems should take into account increased productivity with reduced environmental pollution. 2017 2018-06-05T14:29:59Z 2018-06-05T14:29:59Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/93040 en Limited Access Elsevier Murungweni, C., Tada, O. & Nhamo, N. (2018). Adaptive livestock production models for rural livelihoods transformation. In D. Chikoye, T. Gondwe and N. Nhamo, Smart technologies for sustainable smallholder agriculture. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier, (p. 279-293). |
| spellingShingle | agriculture climate smart agriculture greenhouse gas livestock production climate change rural livelihood marketing transformation Murungweni, C. Tada, O. Nhamo, N. Adaptive livestock production models for rural livelihoods transformation |
| title | Adaptive livestock production models for rural livelihoods transformation |
| title_full | Adaptive livestock production models for rural livelihoods transformation |
| title_fullStr | Adaptive livestock production models for rural livelihoods transformation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adaptive livestock production models for rural livelihoods transformation |
| title_short | Adaptive livestock production models for rural livelihoods transformation |
| title_sort | adaptive livestock production models for rural livelihoods transformation |
| topic | agriculture climate smart agriculture greenhouse gas livestock production climate change rural livelihood marketing transformation |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/93040 |
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