Carbon myopia: The urgent need for integrated social, economic and environmental action in the livestock sector

MT Harrison, BR Cullen, DE Mayberry… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Livestock have long been integral to food production systems, often not by choice but by
need. While our knowledge of livestock greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions mitigation has …

[HTML][HTML] Application, adoption and opportunities for improving decision support systems in irrigated agriculture: A review

I Ara, L Turner, MT Harrison, M Monjardino… - Agricultural Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
Decision support systems (DSS) have long been used in research, service provision and
extension. Despite the diversity of technological applications in which past agricultural DSS …

[HTML][HTML] Crop traits enabling yield gains under more frequent extreme climatic events

H Yan, MT Harrison, K Liu, B Wang, P Feng… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate change (CC) in central China will change seasonal patterns of agricultural
production through increasingly frequent extreme climatic events (ECEs). Breeding climate …

[HTML][HTML] Energy management for a net zero dairy supply chain under climate change

MI Malliaroudaki, NJ Watson, R Ferrari… - Trends in Food Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The dairy industry requires substantial energy resources at all stages of
production and supply to meet consumer needs in terms of quantity, quality and food safety …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating pasture biomass using sentinel-2 imagery and machine learning

Y Chen, J Guerschman, Y Shendryk, D Henry… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Effective dairy farm management requires the regular estimation and prediction of pasture
biomass. This study explored the suitability of high spatio-temporal resolution Sentinel-2 …

[HTML][HTML] Livestock under climate change: a systematic review of impacts and adaptation

JF Escarcha, JA Lassa, KK Zander - Climate, 2018 - mdpi.com
We conducted a systematic literature review to document the scientific knowledge about
climate change impacts and adaptation in livestock systems, and to identify research gaps …

Climate change benefits negated by extreme heat

MT Harrison - Nature Food, 2021 - nature.com
Sensitivity of US dairy production to extreme cold and heat has diminished over recent
decades in large part due to improvements in management, breeding and technology …

[HTML][HTML] Negative relationship between dry matter intake and the temperature-humidity index with increasing heat stress in cattle: a global meta-analysis

J Chang-Fung-Martel, MT Harrison, JN Brown… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Changes in frequency and severity of heat waves due to climate change pose a
considerable challenge to livestock production systems. Although it is well known that heat …

Impact of climate change on pastoralists' resilience and sustainable mitigation in Punjab, Pakistan

D Ahmad, M Afzal - Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2021 - Springer
Climate change has adversely affected pastoral community in Pakistan through increased
severity of livestock diseases, floods, and drought. These climatic hazards caused extensive …

[HTML][HTML] Dairy production under climatic risks: perception, perceived impacts and adaptations in Punjab, Pakistan

Q Abbas, J Han, A Adeel, R Ullah - International journal of environmental …, 2019 - mdpi.com
The changing climatic conditions coupled with fodder availability have posed severe
challenges and threats for the dairy sector in Pakistan. The current paper determines the …