Description: The Inter-linkages between Rapid Growth in Livestock Production, Climate Change, and the Impacts on Water Resources, Land Use, and Deforestation

The Inter-linkages between Rapid Growth in Livestock Production, Climate Change, and the Impacts on Water Resources, Land Use, and Deforestation

Livestock systems globally are changing rapidly in response to human population growth, urbanization, and growing incomes. This paper discusses the linkages between burgeoning demand for livestock products, growth in livestock production, and the i...

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Main Authors:	Thornton, Philip K., Herrero, Mario
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ADVERSE IMPACTS AGRICULTURAL EXPANSION AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL LAND USE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE AGRO-PASTORAL SYSTEMS AGROPASTORALISM ALTERNATIVE FEEDS AMAZON BASIN ANIMAL ANIMAL DISEASE ANIMAL FEED ANIMAL GENETIC RESOURCES ANIMAL PRODUCTION ANIMAL PRODUCTIVITY ANIMAL PRODUCTS ANIMAL SPECIES ANIMALS AVIAN INFLUENZA BASINS BEEF BEEF CATTLE BEEF PRODUCTION BIODIVERSITY BIOENERGY BIOMASS BIRDS BOREAL FOREST BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY BREED BREEDING BREEDS BSE CALVING RATES CARCASS WEIGHT CASH CROPS CATS CATTLE CATTLE GRAZING CATTLE HERD CATTLE NUMBERS CATTLE POPULATION CATTLE PRODUCTION CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE VARIABILITY COARSE GRAINS CONSERVATION CONSERVATION AREAS CONSERVATION EASEMENTS CONSERVATION EFFORTS CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE CONSTRUCTION CROP PRODUCTION CROP RESIDUES CROP-LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS CROPLAND CULTIVATED LAND DISEASE RESISTANCE DISEASE TRANSMISSION DISEASE VECTORS DOMESTIC ANIMALS DRINKING WATER DRY-SEASON GRAZING DUCKS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEMS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS EXTENSIVE GRAZING FARM FARMLAND FEED FEED CONVERSION FEED CONVERSION EFFICIENCY FEED CROPS FEED GRAINS FEED RESOURCES FEEDING FEEDS FENCES FENCING FISHERIES FODDER FODDER PRODUCTION FOOD CROPS FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD QUALITY FOOD SAFETY FOOD SECURITY FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE FORAGE FOREST FOREST AREA FOREST AREAS FOREST COVER FOREST ECOSYSTEM FOREST ECOSYSTEMS FOREST LAND FOREST LOSS FOREST SECTOR FORESTRY FORESTS FRESH WATER FRESHWATER FRUIT GEESE GENETIC GENETIC EROSION GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION GLOBAL LIVESTOCK SECTOR GOAT GOATS GRASSLAND GRASSLANDS GRAZING GRAZING INTENSITY GRAZING LAND GRAZING LANDS GRAZING LIVESTOCK GRAZING PRESSURE GRAZING RESOURCES GRAZING SYSTEMS GREEN FEED GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES GROUNDWATER HABITATS HAMBURGER CONNECTION HEAVY METALS HERD EXPANSION HERDERS HERDS HORSE HUMAN INTERVENTION HUMAN POPULATION HUMAN POPULATION GROWTH HUMANWILDLIFE CONFLICTS HYDROLOGY INTENSIVE LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION INVASIVE SPECIES ISSUES LAKES LAND AREA LAND USE LANDUSE LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK ASSETS LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT LIVESTOCK DISEASE LIVESTOCK DISEASES LIVESTOCK FEED LIVESTOCK GRAZING LIVESTOCK HEALTH LIVESTOCK NUMBERS LIVESTOCK POPULATION LIVESTOCK POPULATIONS LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS LIVESTOCK PRODUCT LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION COSTS LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION SYSTEMS LIVESTOCK PRODUCTIVITY LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS LIVESTOCK RESEARCH LIVESTOCK SECTOR LIVESTOCK SYSTEM LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS LIVESTOCK UNITS LIVESTOCK WASTE LIVESTOCK WATER LOCAL BREEDS LOGGING MANURE MEAT MEAT CONSUMPTION MEAT PRODUCTION MIGRATION MIGRATORY BIRDS MIGRATORY CORRIDORS MILK MITIGATION MUTTON NATURAL FORESTS NATURAL HABITATS NATURAL RESOURCES NITROGEN NON-NATIVE SPECIES PALM PARKS PASTORALISTS PASTURE PASTURE EXPANSION PASTURE PRODUCTION PASTURES PIG PIG MEAT PIGS PLAINS PLANT PLANT SPECIES PLANTATIONS POINT SOURCE POINT SOURCE POLLUTION PORK POULTRY POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY REDUCTION PRAIRIES PUBLIC HEALTH RAINFALL RAINFALL CONDITIONS RANGELAND RANGELANDS RINDERPEST RIVER RIVER BASINS RIVERINE RUMINANTS RUNOFF SAVANNAS SHEEP SHEEP POPULATION SHORE SLAUGHTERHOUSES SMALLHOLDER PRODUCERS SOILS SORGHUM STOCKING RATES SURFACE WATER SWAMPS TIMBER TIMBER HARVESTING TREES TROPICAL RAINFORESTS TRYPANOSOMIASIS URBAN CENTERS URBAN SETTINGS VEGETATION WATER BUFFALO WATER POLLUTION WATER REQUIREMENTS WATERFOWL WETLANDS WILDLIFE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION WILDLIFE MOVEMENTS WILDLIFE POPULATIONS WILDLIFE TOURISM WOODLANDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/11646010/inter-linkages-between-rapid-growth-livestock-production-climate-change-impacts-water-resources-land-use-deforestation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19942

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Summary:	Livestock systems globally are changing rapidly in response to human population growth, urbanization, and growing incomes. This paper discusses the linkages between burgeoning demand for livestock products, growth in livestock production, and the impacts this may have on natural resources, and how these may both affect and be affected by climate change in the coming decades. Water and land scarcity will increasingly have the potential to constrain food production growth, with adverse impacts on food security and human well-being. Climate change will exacerbate many of these trends, with direct effects on agricultural yields, water availability, and production risk. In the transition to a carbon-constrained economy, livestock systems will have a key role to play in mitigating future emissions. At the same time, appropriate pricing of greenhouse gas emissions will modify livestock production costs and patterns. Health and ethical considerations can also be expected to play an increasing role in modifying consumption patterns of livestock products, particularly in more developed countries. Livestock systems are heterogeneous, and a highly differentiated approach needs to be taken to assessing impacts and options, particularly as they affect the resource-poor and those vulnerable to global change. Development of comprehensive frameworks that can be used for assessing impacts and analyzing trade-offs at both local and regional levels is needed for identifying and targeting production practices and policies that are locally appropriate and can contribute to environmental sustainability, poverty alleviation, and economic development.

The Inter-linkages between Rapid Growth in Livestock Production, Climate Change, and the Impacts on Water Resources, Land Use, and Deforestation

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