Adaptation to climate change – exploring the potential of locally adapted breeds
The livestock sector and agriculture as a whole face unprecedented challenges to increase production while improving the environment. On the basis of a literature review, the paper first discusses challenges related to climate change, food security and other drivers of change in livestock production...
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| description | The livestock sector and agriculture as a whole face unprecedented challenges to increase production while improving the environment. On the basis of a literature review, the paper first discusses challenges related to climate change, food security and other drivers of change in livestock production. On the basis of a recent discourse in ecology, a framework for assessing livestock species’ and breeds’ vulnerability to climate change is presented. The second part of the paper draws on an analysis of data on breed qualities obtained from the Food and Agriculture Organization's Domestic Animal Diversity Information System (DAD-IS) to explore the range of adaptation traits present in today's breed diversity. The analysis produced a first mapping of a range of ascribed adaptation traits of national breed populations. It allowed to explore what National Coordinators understand by ‘locally adapted’ and other terms that describe general adaptation, to better understand the habitat, fodder and temperature range of each species and to shed light on the environments in which targeted search for adaptation traits could focus. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c2b69cdc7912482db376bc7d39d458b32022-12-21T19:18:53ZengElsevierAnimal1751-73112013-01-017346362Adaptation to climate change – exploring the potential of locally adapted breedsIrene Hoffmann0Animal Genetic Resources Branch, Animal Production and Health Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, ItalyThe livestock sector and agriculture as a whole face unprecedented challenges to increase production while improving the environment. On the basis of a literature review, the paper first discusses challenges related to climate change, food security and other drivers of change in livestock production. On the basis of a recent discourse in ecology, a framework for assessing livestock species’ and breeds’ vulnerability to climate change is presented. The second part of the paper draws on an analysis of data on breed qualities obtained from the Food and Agriculture Organization's Domestic Animal Diversity Information System (DAD-IS) to explore the range of adaptation traits present in today's breed diversity. The analysis produced a first mapping of a range of ascribed adaptation traits of national breed populations. It allowed to explore what National Coordinators understand by ‘locally adapted’ and other terms that describe general adaptation, to better understand the habitat, fodder and temperature range of each species and to shed light on the environments in which targeted search for adaptation traits could focus.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731113000815climate changelivestockbreedsadaptationhabitat |
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| title | Adaptation to climate change – exploring the potential of locally adapted breeds |
| title_full | Adaptation to climate change – exploring the potential of locally adapted breeds |
| title_fullStr | Adaptation to climate change – exploring the potential of locally adapted breeds |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adaptation to climate change – exploring the potential of locally adapted breeds |
| title_short | Adaptation to climate change – exploring the potential of locally adapted breeds |
| title_sort | adaptation to climate change exploring the potential of locally adapted breeds |
| topic | climate change livestock breeds adaptation habitat |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731113000815 |
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