Livestock sustainability research in Africa with a focus on the environment

M Balehegn, E Kebreab, A Tolera, S Hunt… - Animal …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
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Challenges and opportunities for enhancing food security and greenhouse gas mitigation in smallholder farming in sub-Saharan Africa. A review

DG Kim, E Grieco, A Bombelli, JE Hickman… - Food Security, 2021 - Springer
Smallholder farmers struggle to achieve food security in many countries of sub-Saharan
Africa (SSA). It is urgently required to find appropriate practices for enhancing crop …

Socioeconomic barriers of nitrogen management for agricultural and environmental sustainability

C Ren, X Zhang, S Reis, B Gu - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Synthetic nitrogen (N) fertilizers support global food production and feed over half of the
global population. However, more than half of the N fertilizers applied to croplands are not …

[HTML][HTML] Farming systems' typologies analysis to inform agricultural greenhouse gas emissions potential from smallholder rain-fed farms in Kenya

CM Musafiri, JM Macharia, OK Ng'etich, MN Kiboi… - Scientific African, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Most sub-Saharan Africa smallholder farming systems are highly heterogeneous.
Direct quantification of greenhouse gas emissions from these farming systems is hampered …

Comparison of GHG emissions and farmers' profit of large-scale and individual farming in rice production across four regions of Thailand

N Arunrat, N Pumijumnong, S Sereenonchai… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
A large-scale agricultural extension program in Thailand is established under the economy
of scale concept. In this study, we used the life cycle assessment concept for greenhouse …

Overview on GHG emissions of raw milk production and a comparison of milk and cheese carbon footprints of two different systems from northern Spain

A Laca, N Gómez, A Laca, M Díaz - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
Milk production has been estimated to contribute 3–4% of anthropogenic greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions. However, the carbon footprint associated with raw milk can vary …

[HTML][HTML] Crop-livestock integration provides opportunities to mitigate environmental trade-offs in transitioning smallholder agricultural systems of the Greater Mekong …

BK Paul, CA Epper, DJ Tschopp, CTM Long… - Agricultural …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract CONTEXT The Greater Mekong Subregion has been undergoing rapid agricultural
transformation over the last decades, as traditional diverse subsistence-oriented agriculture …

Agricultural carbon footprint is farm specific: Case study of two organic farms

C Adewale, JP Reganold, S Higgins, RD Evans… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Making reliable inferences from agricultural carbon footprint (aCF) estimates require
increased understanding of factors behind differences in carbon footprint (CF) of different …

Reducing agro-environmental trade-offs through sustainable livestock intensification across smallholder systems in Northern Tanzania

BK Paul, JCJ Groot, CA Birnholz… - … Journal of Agricultural …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Livestock productivity in East Africa, and especially in Tanzania, remains
persistently low, while greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensities are among the highest …

The critical importance of planned small ruminant livestock health and production in addressing global challenges surrounding food production and poverty alleviation

ND Sargison - New Zealand Veterinary Journal, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Small ruminants are particularly well suited to meet United Nations Sustainable
Development Goals surrounding food security, human wellbeing and poverty alleviation in …