The value of climate-resilient seeds for smallholder adaptation in sub-Saharan Africa

Autor: Mario Herrero, Florian Humpenöder, Benjamin B. Henderson, Philip K. Thornton, Jonathan Moss, Benjamin Leon Bodirsky, Leslie Lipper, Alexander Popp, Oscar J. Cacho

Publikováno v: Climatic Change. 162:1213-1229

Climate change is threatening food security in many tropical countries, where a large proportion of food is produced by vulnerable smallholder farmers. Interventions are available to offset many of the negative impacts of climate change on agricultur

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-020-02817-z

Invited review: A position on the Global Livestock Environmental Assessment Model (GLEAM)

Autor: Benjamin B. Henderson, Harinder P. S. Makkar, Michael MacLeod, Theun Vellinga, G. Tempio, Timothy P. Robinson, Anne Mottet, Alessandra Falcucci, C. Opio, Henning Steinfeld, Pierre J. Gerber

Publikováno v: Animal, 12(2), 383-397
Animal, Vol 12, Iss 2, Pp 383-397 (2018)
Animal 12 (2018) 2

The livestock sector is one of the fastest growing subsectors of the agricultural economy and, while it makes a major contribution to global food supply and economic development, it also consumes significant amounts of natural resources and alters th

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https://doi.org/10.1017/s1751731117001847

Greenhouse gas mitigation potentials in the livestock sector

Autor: Pete Smith, Klaus Butterbach-Bahl, Philip K. Thornton, P.J. Gerber, Margaret Gill, Richard T. Conant, Petr Havlik, Mario Herrero, Stefan Wirsenius, Benjamin B. Henderson, Hugo Valin, Tara Garnett, Elke Stehfest, Alexander N. Hristov

Publikováno v: ResearcherID
Nature Climate Change 6 (2016) 5
Nature Climate Change, 6(5), 452-461

The livestock sector supports about 1.3 billion producers and retailers, and contributes 40-50% of agricultural GDP. We estimated that between 1995 and 2005, the livestock sector was responsible for greenhouse gas emissions of 5.6-7.5GtCO(2)e yr(-1).

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https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2925

Livestock and the Environment: What Have We Learned in the Past Decade?

Autor: Benjamin B. Henderson, Stefan Wirsenius, Petr Havlik, I.J.M. de Boer, Mario Herrero, Philip K. Thornton, Cyrille Rigolot, P.J. Gerber

Publikováno v: Annual Review of Environment and Resources 40 (2015)
Annual Review of Environment and Resources
Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Annual Reviews, 2015, 40 (1), pp.177-202. 〈10.1146/annurev-environ-031113-093503〉
Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Annual Reviews, 2015, 40 (1), pp.177-202. ⟨10.1146/annurev-environ-031113-093503⟩
Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 2015, 40 (1), pp.177-202. ⟨10.1146/annurev-environ-031113-093503⟩
Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 40, 177-202

The livestock and environment nexus has been the subject of considerable research in the past decade. With a more prosperous and urbanized population projected to grow significantly in the coming decades comes a gargantuan appetite for livestock prod

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https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-031113-093503

A Qualitative Evaluation of CSA Options in Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems in Developing Countries

Autor: Benjamin B. Henderson, Philip K. Thornton, Patrick Bell, Christine Lamanna, Mario Herrero, Wiebke Förch, Todd S. Rosenstock

Publikováno v: Climate Smart Agriculture ISBN: 9783319611938

The mixed crop-livestock systems of the developing world will become increasingly important for meeting the food security challenges of the coming decades. The synergies and trade-offs between food security, adaptation, and mitigation objectives are

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61194-5_17