Climate change and livestock: Impacts, adaptation, and mitigation

Climate change and livestock: Impacts, adaptation, and mitigation

Global demand for livestock products is expected to double by 2050, mainly due to improvement in the worldwide standard of living. Meanwhile, climate change is a threat to livestock production because of the impact on quality of feed crop and forage, water availability, animal and milk production, l...

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Main Authors: M. Melissa Rojas-Downing, A. Pouyan Nejadhashemi, Timothy Harrigan, Sean A. Woznicki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:Climate Risk Management
Subjects:
Livestock
Climate change
Heat stress
Greenhouse gas
Adaptation
Mitigation
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221209631730027X

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