Livestock

Prospects for livestock-based livelihoods in Africa's drylands

Prospects for Livestock-Based Livelihoods in Africa’s Drylands examines the challenges and opportunities facing the livestock sector and the people who depend on livestock in the dryland regions of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Publication Date:

02/11/2016

Author(s): Cornelis de Haan

Source: The World Bank

Tags:

Livestock, Drylands, Agriculture, Africa, Ecosystems, Climate Change, GDP, Green House Gases, Crop Residues, Biomass, Grazing Lands

Climate Change

An analysis of the trends of GHG emissions in India

The report provides an analysis of India's Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission estimates across key emission intensive sectors namely Energy, Industry, Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry, and Land-use and Land-use Change and Waste, for the years 2007 to 2012.

Publication Date:

01/11/2016

Source: GHG Platform India

Tags:

Green House Gases, Carbon Dioxide, Emission Targets, India, Energy, Industry, Agriculture, LULUCF, Livestock, Wastewater

Agriculture

Africa: Changing Climate Threatens World's Smallholder Farmers

United Nations — Farmers are already experiencing the effects of climate change but can also help to fight it, according to a new report released by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Publication Date:

24/10/2016

Source: All Africa

Tags:

Agriculture, Climate Impacts, Farmers, Climate Change, FAO, Climate Mitigation, Climate Adaptation, Green House Gases, Fisheries, Livestock

Forests

Factors associated with long-term species composition in dry tropical forests of Central India

The long-term future of species composition in forests depends on regeneration. Many factors can affect regeneration, including human use, environmental conditions, and species' traits. This study examines the influence of these factors in a tropical deciduous forest of Central India, which is heavily used by local, forest-dependent residents for livestock grazing, fuel-wood extraction, construction and other livelihood needs.

Publication Date:

20/10/2016

Author(s): M Agarwala, R S DeFries, Q Qureshi & et al

Source: Environmental Research Letters

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1-10

Tags:

Tropical Forests, India, Minor Forest Produce, Livestock, Ecosystem Services, Soil Capability, Kanha TR, Balaghat (D), Seoni (D), Madhya Pradesh

Climate Change

New belch-mark: Milma to combat climate change

KOZHIKODE: How many of you would pinch yourself if you were told that methane emissions from livestock - in the form of burps and flatulence produced during enteric fermentation in the rumen of ani

Publication Date:

18/10/2016

Author(s): K R Rajeev

Source: Times Of India (Kozhikode)

Tags:

Kerala, Livestock, Carbon Dioxide, Green House Gases, Methane, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), Climate Change

Agriculture

Agribusiness in South Asia

Agribusiness (including agriculture) accounts for almost one third of South Asia’s GDP and has the potential to almost double over the next fifteen years (reaching US$1.5 trillion by 2030).

Publication Date:

01/10/2016

Author(s): Soujanya Chodavarapu, Asa Giertz, Peter Jaeger

Source: The World Bank

Tags:

Agriculture, Agro-Based Industry, Food Process Industry, South Asia, India, Trade, Farmers, Livestock, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Food Safety

Agriculture

State of Indian agriculture 2015-16

This report on the State of Indian Agriculture 2015-16 seeks to present a comprehensive analysis of the recent growth and performance of the agriculture and allied sectors and also to analyze the major emerging challenges.

Publication Date:

01/10/2016

Source: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

Tags:

Agriculture, India, Agricultural Inputs, Livestock, Horticulture, Fisheries, Food Security, Land Use, Statistics, Climate Change, Environment, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Agricultural Research

Agriculture

New discovery may benefit farmers worldwide

University of Guelph plant scientists have shown for the first time how an ancient crop teams up with a beneficial microbe to protect against a devastating fungal infection, a discovery that may be

Publication Date:

27/09/2016

Source: Science Daily

Tags:

Agriculture, Farmers, Livestock, Developing Countries, Wheat, Maize, Food Crops, Agricultural Research

Forests

Ugandan villagers locked out of forest waiting for the 'promised land'

BUKALEBA FOREST RESERVE, Uganda (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Deep within a pine and eucalyptus forest on the shores of Lake Victoria in southern Uganda, a parcel of land is pitting a Norwegian ti

Publication Date:

22/09/2016

Source: Reuters

Tags:

Forests, Uganda, Land, Conflicts, Mozambique, Tanzania, Forest Management, Livestock, Agriculture, Africa

Health