Livestock production: recent trends, future prospects

PK Thornton - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2010 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The livestock sector globally is highly dynamic. In developing countries, it is evolving in
response to rapidly increasing demand for livestock products. In developed countries …

Smart investments in sustainable food production: revisiting mixed crop-livestock systems

M Herrero, PK Thornton, AM Notenbaert, S Wood… - Science, 2010 - science.org
Farmers in mixed crop-livestock systems produce about half of the world's food. In small
holdings around the world, livestock are reared mostly on grass, browse, and nonfood …

Livestock, livelihoods and the environment: understanding the trade-offs

M Herrero, PK Thornton, P Gerber, RS Reid - Current Opinion in …, 2009 - Elsevier
Livestock are a global resource of significant benefits to society in the form of food, income,
nutrients, employment, insurance, traction, clothing and others. In the process of providing …

Sustaining intensification of smallholder livestock systems in the tropics

JJ McDermott, SJ Staal, HA Freeman, M Herrero… - Livestock science, 2010 - Elsevier
Smallholder livestock keepers represent almost 20% of the world population and steward
most of the agricultural land in the tropics. Observed and expected increases in future …

[PDF][PDF] Mapping of poverty and likely zoonoses hotspots

D Grace, FK Mutua, P Ochungo, RL Kruska, K Jones… - 2012 - cgspace.cgiar.org
The objective of this report is to present data and expert knowledge on poverty and
zoonoses hotspots to inform prioritisation of study areas on the transmission of disease in …

Potential for reduced methane and carbon dioxide emissions from livestock and pasture management in the tropics

PK Thornton, M Herrero - Proceedings of the National …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
We estimate the potential reductions in methane and carbon dioxide emissions from several
livestock and pasture management options in the mixed and rangeland-based production …

Adapting to climate change: agricultural system and household impacts in East Africa

PK Thornton, PG Jones, G Alagarswamy, J Andresen… - Agricultural systems, 2010 - Elsevier
The East African region exhibits considerable climatic and topographic variability. Much
spatial and temporal variation in the response of different crops to climate change can thus …

Livestock in a changing climate: production system transitions as an adaptation strategy for agriculture

I Weindl, H Lotze-Campen, A Popp… - Environmental …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Livestock farming is the world's largest land use sector and utilizes around 60% of the global
biomass harvest. Over the coming decades, climate change will affect the natural resource …

Climate change and the growth of the livestock sector in developing countries

PK Thornton, PJ Gerber - Mitigation and adaptation strategies for global …, 2010 - Springer
Livestock production systems will inevitably be affected as a result of changes in climate and
climate variability, with impacts on peoples' livelihoods. At the same time, livestock food …

Grazing systems expansion and intensification: Drivers, dynamics, and trade-offs

CM Godde, T Garnett, PK Thornton, AJ Ash… - Global food security, 2018 - Elsevier
Grazing systems dynamics are driven by a complex combination of socio-economic, political
and environmental contexts. Although the drivers and dynamics can be highly location …