This chapter provides an overview of the impact of climate change on livestock production
and its adaptation and mitigation. Animal agriculture is the major contributor to increasing …

The livestock sector is one of the major contributors in agriculture, by some estimates
contributing up to 18% of the global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Of this, about one …

This study was undertaken in Laikipia County, Kenya, to identify factors influencing the
choices of strategies by pastoralists to adapt to climate change. The study particularly …

The purpose of this paper is to examine the beef value chain and identify climate change
adaptation and investment options in the semi-arid areas of northern Kenya. The research …

Natural resources of semi-arid rangelands in the (sub-) tropics are major pillars of food
security and livelihoods to millions of people. Besides increasing pressure due to human …

Increased public concern for animal welfare in the logistics chain has led to a rise in the
scrutiny of the treatment of food animals. Factors affecting the status of welfare of slaughter …

Livestock farmers are increasingly challenged to adapt to the impacts of climate change,
necessitating the selection of adaptation strategies to effectively mitigate risks and protect …

Climate on earth has changed ordinarily amid the presence of our planet, going from the ice
ages to times of warmth. During the most recent quite a few years increments in average air …

This article draws on long-term ethnographic fieldwork to examine some recent livelihood
transformations that have taken place in the Turkana region of northern Kenya. In doing so, it …

Green house gases level in the atmosphere are rising at unprecedented speed which is
leading to global climate change phenomenon and threatening life on the earth. Land use …