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High-yield dairy cattle breeds improve farmer incomes, curtail greenhouse gas emissions and reduce dairy import dependency in Tanzania

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Title High-yield dairy cattle breeds improve farmer incomes, curtail greenhouse gas emissions and reduce dairy import dependency in Tanzania
 
Creator Hawkins, J.W.
Komarek, A.M.
Kihoro, E.M.
Nicholson, C.F.
Omore, A.O.
Yesuf, G.U.
Ericksen, P.J.
Schoneveld, G.C.
Rufino, M.C.
 
Subject dairy production
cattle breeds
greenhouse gases
 
Description Tanzania’s dairy sector is poorly developed, creating reliance on imports for processed, value-added dairy products and threatening food security, particularly when supply chains are disrupted due to market volatility or armed conflicts. The Tanzanian Dairy Development Roadmap is a domestic development initiative that aims to achieve dairy self-sufficiency by 2030. Here, we model different outcomes of the roadmap, finding that adoption of high-yield cattle breeds is essential for reducing dairy import dependency. Avoided land use change resulting from fewer, higher yielding dairy cattle would lead to lower greenhouse gas emissions. Dairy producers’ average incomes could increase despite capital expenditure and land allocation required for the adoption of high-yield breeds. Our findings demonstrate the importance of bottom-up development policies for sustainable food system transformations, which also support food sovereignty, increase incomes for smallholder farmers and contribute towards Tanzania’s commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
 
Date 2022-11-16
2023-01-24T08:46:42Z
2023-01-24T08:46:42Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Hawkins, J.W., Komarek, A.M., Kihoro, E.M., Nicholson, C.F., Omore, A.O., Yesuf, G.U., Ericksen, P.J., Schoneveld, G.C. and Rufino, M.C. (2022). High-yield dairy cattle breeds improve farmer incomes, curtail greenhouse gas emissions and reduce dairy import dependency in Tanzania. Nature Food, 3(11), 957-967. doi: 10.1038/s43016-022-00633-5
2662-1355
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127995
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00633-5
 
Language en
 
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Format 957-967
 
Source Nature Food