Livestock

This Working Paper summarizes projected climate change impacts on livestock across Africa, using a combination of literature review and some new results on the projected impacts of climate change on the rangelands of Africa. Findings show that there are many options that can help livestock keepers adapt, but there appear to be no options that are widely applicable which do not have constraints to their adoption.

Alongside expected climate changes, the LMB is undergoing significant socio-economic and physical changes affecting livestock production, consumption, and livelihoods. Increases in household incomes have led to increasing domestic demand for livestock-derived products. Globalization and increasing links to global markets is increasing competition and subsequent pressure on domestic production.

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USAID mekong_arcc_theme_report_-_livestock-press.pdf

Niger is a case of living perpetually with risk, thus more emphasis on long-term structural solutions, rather than short-term quick fixes, is required to improve the resilience of the agricultural sector.

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NigerRiskManagement13_web[2].pdf

Over the next decade there will be an increase in global meat production from the current annual production of 267 million tons in 2006 to nearly 320 million tons by 2016. Almost exclusively, developing countries will account for the increase. The greater demand for meat output will be met by a further shift away from pastoral systems to intensive livestock production systems. As these systems cannot be expanded indefinitely due to limited feed availability and for environmental reasons, other measures must be taken to meet the growing demand.