Climate change impacts and adaptations on small-scale livestock production
The paper estimated the impacts of climate change and adaptations on small-scale livestock production. The study is based on a survey of 1484 small-scale livestock rural farmers across the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Regression estimates finds that with warming, the probability of choos...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS)
2013-06-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Development and Sustainability |
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| Online Access: | http://isdsnet.com/ijds-v2n2-16.pdf |
| Summary: | The paper estimated the impacts of climate change and adaptations on small-scale livestock production. The study is
based on a survey of 1484 small-scale livestock rural farmers across the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Regression estimates finds that with warming, the probability of choosing the following species increases; goats, dual purpose chicken (DPC), layers, donkeys and ducks. High precipitation increases the probability of choosing the following animals; beef, goats, DPC and donkeys. Further, socio-economic estimates indicate that livestock selection choices are also conditioned by gender, age, marital status, education and household size. The paper therefore
concluded that as climate changes, rural farmers switch their livestock combinations as a coping strategy. Unfortunately, rural farmers face a limited preferred livestock selection pool that is combatable to harsh climate which might translate to a bleak future for rural livestock farmers. |
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| ISSN: | 2186-8662 2186-8662 |