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Priority areas for investment in more sustainable and climate-resilient livestock systems

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Title Priority areas for investment in more sustainable and climate-resilient livestock systems
 
Creator Bonilla-Cedrez, Camila
Steward, Peter R.
Rosenstock, Todd S.
Thornton, Philip K.
Arango, Jacobo
Kropff, Martin
Ramírez Villegas, Julián
 
Subject agriculture
climate change
development
environmental impact
sustainability
livestock
livestock systems
resilience
 
Description Livestock production supports economic growth, jobs and nutrition, but contributes to and is vulnerable to climate change. A transition is thus needed for livestock systems to become more sustainable and climate resilient, with clear positive effects on the Sustainable Development Goals. It is unclear, however, where the global community should invest to support this change. We identified priority geographies for livestock system investments in 132 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), at mid- and low latitudes. Our results show that adaptation and mitigation goals are inextricably linked for the vast majority of these countries. An equal weighting of adaptation and mitigation indicators suggests that the top five investment priorities are India, Brazil, China, Pakistan and Sudan. Across LMICs, these act as critical control points for the livestock sector’s interactions with the climate system, land and livelihoods.
 
Date 2023-06-29
2023-07-11T06:43:32Z
2023-07-11T06:43:32Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Bonilla-Cedrez, C.; Steward, P.; Rosenstock, T.S.; Thornton, P.; Arango, J.; Kropff, M.; Ramirez-Villegas, J. (2023) Priority areas for investment in more sustainable and climate-resilient livestock systems. Nature Sustainability, Online first paper (29 June 2023). ISSN: 2398-9629
2398-9629
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131069
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-023-01161-1
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher Springer Science and Business Media LLC
 
Source Nature Sustainability