discussions today focus on the losses and damage caused by climate change.
While we search for #adaptation solutions together, small livestock keepers are already coping with the challenge. Here is how 👇 #ClimateAction #CGIAR4Climate
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Few are experiencing climate change more acutely than livestock farmers in poor countries. Their already hard lives will become harder with land, water and feed growing scarcer, and the increasing risk of livestock diseases.
But their adaptation could change this
Farmers growing drought-resistant cowpea in Senegal and Burkina Faso (providing both edible beans, and leaves & stalks for animal feed)
🌾 increased crop production
🐂 provided animals with better nutrition
🥛 generated additional income
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Using cactus pear 🌵 can help improve the nutrition of livestock raised on drylands.
6 states in India have included cactus pear in their agricultural production plans
Learn more: projects.livestockdata.org/livestock-clim
#ICAR-CAZRI
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Ethiopia’s native chickens 🐓 cope better with harsh conditions.
Understanding how, and breeding even more resilient breeds, will open pathways out of poverty for millions of people.
More: projects.livestockdata.org/livestock-clim
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Small-scale mixed crop-and-livestock farmers are pioneers in sustainable and efficient use of natural resources.
Tune in to our chat with award-winning Ugandan one-acre farmer about what ‘circular agriculture’ means in practice: ilri.org/livestock-matt
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Like transforming a degraded farm in Amazonia into a productive silvopastoral system, which:
⛅️ reduced GHG from livestock
🌱 raised resilience against pests & diseases
🐝 increased biodiversity
projects.livestockdata.org/livestock-clim
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Governments & organizations at must recognize small-scale livestock keepers across the developing world are part of the solution to both slowing and coping with climate change. But they can’t do it alone
Support your local livestock farmers.
#WhyLivestockMatter
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