15.10.2020
Category: Beef and Sheep
By: Katrin Agethen, Peter Weeks

Climate change adaptation strategies in beef and sheep production


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fact sheet cattle and sheep

Katrin Agethen, Peter Weeks, 2020

The changing climate impacts beef and sheep production in a wide variety of ways and intensities. The ability of agricultural producers to cope with these effects depends on a large variety of factors – including managerial skills and knowledge, access to technologies and the availability of resources.

This research bases on a qualitative survey among livestock production and economics experts adhering to the agri benchmark Beef and Sheep network. It aims to gain an overview of livestock producers’ views towards climate change, the nature and impacts of climate change on livestock production globally; to explore and share producer adaptations to these impacts; and to showcase best practice examples of how farmers react to changing environmental production conditions.

This report paints a consistent picture of the impact of climate change and reveals major challenges for livestock production globally. Eleven farm case studies put into place by producers all around the world showcase useful and transferable adaptations. It is concluded that making climate change adaptation a higher priority and promoting successful pathways within and across countries can unearth much hidden potential. agri benchmark as global network sees many opportunities in linking practice to research and thus helping to promote viable production strategies in a changing environment.

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Climate change adaptation strategies in beef and sheep production
(Katrin Agethen, Peter Weeks, Briefing Paper 2020/1, 2020)

agri benchmark fact sheet: Cattle and Sheep
(Katrin Agethen, Peter Weeks, 2020)

 


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