The impacts of climate change on livestock and livestock systems in developing countries: A review of what we know and what we need to know

By P. K. Thornton, J. Steeg, A. Notenbaert, Mario Herrero. 2009

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Subfields: Animal Science and Zoology, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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Climate Change and Global Food Systems: Potential Impacts on Food Security and Undernutrition. (2017, background): “Livestock systems are generally regarded as more adaptable than crop systems, especially with regard to the less-industrialized livestock systems of developing countries (142).”
Climate Change, Global Food Security, and the U.S. Food System (2015, background): “Trade-offs made between income, food security, and environmental objectives in the livestock sector will influence future outcomes (Thornton et al. 2009).”
Climate-smart agriculture global research agenda: scientific basis for action (2014, background): “in warm climates, impaired reproduction, pasture quality and availability and physiological heat stress [86,87].”
Mapping the Global Distribution of Livestock (2014, background): “They have been applied to the analysis of land use dynamics [20] and of global ecosystem services [21] and have contributed to the estimates of the environmental impacts of livestock [22–24] and to the characterization of livestock production systems in Eastern Africa [25].”
Livestock production: recent trends, future prospects (2010, background): “The paper concludes (§5) with a summary outlook on livestock production systems evolution over the coming decades and some of the key uncertainties.”
Climate change adaptation and mitigation in smallholder crop–livestock systems in sub-Saharan Africa: a call for integrated impact assessments (2016, background): “Whereas climate change effects on individual crops are relatively well studied [many papers; see Müller (2013) for a summary], investigations of the effects on livestock are rare [very few papers; e.g. Thornton et al. (2009)].”
Towards a mechanistic understanding of the responses of large terrestrial mammals to heat and aridity associated with climate change (2016, background): “The impact that environmental change and higher environmental temperatures will have on production mammals has been well documented, with decrements in growth and reproductive activity [16, 17].”
Adaptation of agricultural and food systems to climate change: an economic and policy perspective. (2010, background): “Researchers have also shown that livestock productivity is sensitive to temperature extremes (Nienaber and Hahn 2007; Thornton et al. 2009; 2010).”
Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change in Rich and Poor Countries: Current Modeling Practice and Potential for Empirical Contributions (2012, background): “JEL codes: Q54, Q55, Q56, Q58, Q15, Q16, Q17”
Impacts of land use, population, and climate change on global food security (2020, background): “For example, the quality and quantity of crops used as feed for livestock, as well as changes in species composition in grassland systems impacting livestock productivity (Thornton et al., 2009).”
Livestock, livelihoods and the environment: understanding the trade-offs (2009, background): “Other options include manipulation of rumen microflora, and use of feed additives [35 ,41].”
Impact of climate change on biodiversity and associated key ecosystem services in Africa: a systematic review (2018, background): “can affect the behavior and metabolism (internal body processes) of livestock, such as a reduced intake of food and a decline in productivity (Thornton et al. 2009).”