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ILRI News on climate change

02 Jun 2022

African livestock systems’ greenhouse gas emission intensities are not as high as believed and potential avenues to reduce them

Written by Phyllis Ndung’u Dairy cow in a smallholder mixed crop-livestock system. Photo credit: ILRI/Sonja Leitner Ruminants are central to the economic and nutritional life of much of sub-Saharan Africa, but cattle are now blamed for having a disproportionately large negative environmental impact...

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Mazingira blog

07 Mar 2022

Mazingira Centre – a role model for environmental research infrastructure in Africa

Climate change threatens the livelihoods of millions of people in Africa. The rise in global temperatures, changes in rainfall, and the increase of extreme weather conditions all pose a serious risk to the agricultural sector and food and nutrition security. At the same time, Africa is currently...

Sonja LeitnerScientist

ILRI Asia blog

13 Dec 2021

ILRI and ICAR partners conduct hands-on training on reducing methane emissions from livestock

Twenty-two researchers from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) institutes, State Agricultural Universities (SAUs) and Bharatiya Agro Industries Foundation (BAIF) participated in a lecture series and hands-on training program focused on methane emissions in the livestock sector from...

Chi NguyenRegional Communications Officer for East and Southeast Asia

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Publications on climate change

Journal Article

Published2019

Assessing across-scale optical diversity and productivity relationships in grasslands of the Italian Alps

Working Paper

Published2019

Livestock and water in developing countries

Report

Published2020

Feed and fodder production in different agroclimatic zones and their utilization for livestock in Odisha: Dissemination of new feed technology and forage crops

Brief

Published2019

Engaging stakeholders on policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the livestock sector: Lessons from East Africa

Brief

Published2019

Addressing nitrous oxide: An often ignored climate and ozone threat

Journal Article

Published2019

Simulating rangeland ecosystems with G-range: Model description and evaluation at global and site scales

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ILRI Projects on climate change

Jan 2018Dec 2022

Programme for climate-smart livestock systems

In sub-Saharan Africa, livestock is crucial for the livelihoods of more than 80 per cent of households that are classed as poor. As a result of a growing population, increasing income and urbanisation, demand for livestock products is rising steadily. Climate change has a negative impact on...

Strategies for effective linkage of science, policy and practice for climate change adaptation

The challenge of designing effective policies for rural and agricultural development ins sub-Saharan Africa is rendered even more complex by the urgent need to promote climate change adaptation. Specific climate change policies and Programs of Action are being developed, and climate change is...

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Enhanced community resilience to drought through innovative market based systems approaches

Project goal The overall goal of the project is to improve pastoral livelihoods through sustainable market systems. The project aims to promote pastoral livelihoods diversification, facilitate robust markets for livestock and livestock products and enhance consolidation of knowledge base to enhance...

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