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Livestock solutions for climate change

Year of publication 2017

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 8p.

Author AGA

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

ISBN No ISBN

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Livestock are an essential part of climate action on the ground in the agricultural sectors. Ninety-two developing countries have included livestock in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). More needs to be done as the livestock sector is growing rapidly. Livestock contribute 34% of global protein for human nutrition. But their contribution to food security and nutrition goes beyond this figure. They provide a diversity of essential micronutrients and many goods and services that are critical to livelihood of pastoralists and the majority of smallholders. Hundreds of millions of vulnerable people rely on livestock to cope with climate change. Emissions from livestock production can be substantially reduced by : • Improving efficiency in natural resource use to reduce emission intensity; • Increasing soil carbon in pastures and biomass by improving grazing management; • Reducing emissions by better integrating livestock into the circular (bio-) economy (e.g. by-products and wastes).

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