Promoting Farmers’ Resilience to Climate Change: An Option of the N’Dama Cattle in West Africa
| Autor: | Olawale Festus Olaniyan, M. Orunmuyi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Government
Food security 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences business.industry Agroforestry media_common.quotation_subject Climate change Developing country Context (language use) 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Geography Sustainability Livestock Psychological resilience business 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common |
| Zdroj: | Climate Change Management ISBN: 9783319495194 |
| Popis: | The phenomenal impact of climate change is of a great concern for animal production, and the human populations that depend on it for income, meat, milk, and draught power. With particular focus on West Africa and other developing countries, this study describes some of the climate related challenges of livestock farming. It also highlights the adaptive traits of the N’Dama cattle in the context of climate change. It is becoming more evident that smallholder livestock farmers in West Africa are vulnerable, and need to cope with environmental stressors associated with climate change. The emerging trend of animal disease outbreaks, warm weather, reduced precipitation, and feed shortages especially in the prolonged dry seasons are among the challenges which climate variability poses to livestock producers. N’Dama cattle possess certain potentials such as disease tolerance, coat colour, special service and products which would enhance the resilience of smallholder livestock farmers. The findings of this study will properly inform future policy design and implementation. New information and evidences in this study will help farmers, government and development agencies to sustainably utilize locally adapted breeds such as the N’Dama cattle to enhance climate change adaptation and food security in the West African region. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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