Livestock in a changing climate: production system transitions as an adaptation strategy for agriculture

Livestock in a changing climate: production system transitions as an adaptation strategy for agriculture

Livestock farming is the world’s largest land use sector and utilizes around 60% of the global biomass harvest. Over the coming decades, climate change will affect the natural resource base of livestock production, especially the productivity of rangeland and feed crops. Based on a comprehensive imp...

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Main Authors: Isabelle Weindl, Hermann Lotze-Campen, Alexander Popp, Christoph Müller, Petr Havlík, Mario Herrero, Christoph Schmitz, Susanne Rolinski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2015-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
livestock
climate impacts
land use modeling
adaptation costs
production systems
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/9/094021

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/9/094021

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