Children are starving, cattle are dropping dead, crops are withered, lakes are empty, and still the rains haven’t come. Kenya is on the verge of a catastrophe of Biblical proportions. Read more … (Part one in a two part look at the crisis in Kenya. The next article will focus on how the drought is … Continue reading
Category Archives: Climate Change
Can cows help stop climate change?
According to an article in the Ecologist (limited access content): “Meat, dairy… in fact, livestock in general has in recent years joined the ranks of the 4×4 and the short-haul flight. But could a change in the way we graze animals not only reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but even remove them from the atmosphere?” Read … Continue reading
Putting cattle on a diet to curb climate change
A recent article in CNN reports that “dietary additives are showing great signs in reducing methane from cows.” Much has been made of the problem of livestock emissions of methane — a far more potent greenhouse gas than CO2 — but a solution might be just around the corner. Room here for both of us? … Continue reading
Asia / Climate Change / Dairying / Drought / India / Markets / South Asia
Drought-like conditions may lead to higher milk production in state
There is a possibility that drought-like conditions will help dairy sector in Gujarat to register higher production of milk, revealed a recent study conducted by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). Read more … (Indian Express) Continue reading
Africa / Climate Change / Drought / East Africa / Tanzania
Government to buy cattle in drought-hit districts (Tanzania)
The Government will buy cattle from herders who are struggling to keep the animals alive in drought-hit areas, according to a senior Livestock Development and Fisheries ministry official. Read more … (The Citizen) Continue reading
Livestock may do better than crops, African farmers told
The stresses of climate-induced crop failures could be avoided if more small farmers in Africa also raised livestock, say researchers. Climate change will result in a 10–20 per cent drop in yield for crops such as beans, maize and millet in Africa’s drylands by 2050, researchers from the Kenya-based International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and … Continue reading
Africa / Climate Change / Drought / East Africa / ILRI / Indigenous Breeds / Kenya
Dry future for Kenyan farms
Life in Kenya’s famine-prone fringe areas will get worse with total crop failure within the next four decades, according to a new study. The study carried out by the International Livestock Research Institute says drought-tolerant maize and even the much more resilient millet will hardly survive hotter weather and rainfall shifts in the areas. It … Continue reading
Africa / Climate Change / East Africa / ILRI / Livestock
Afrique: L’élevage de chameaux, peut-être une solution
L’élevage de chameaux pourrait être une option pour quelque 20 à 35 millions de personnes vivant dans des zones semi-arides d’Afrique, et qui seront bientôt dans l’incapacité de cultiver leurs terres en raison du changement climatique, a dit le co-auteur d’une nouvelle étude. D’ici 2050, la hausse des températures et la raréfaction des précipitations dans … Continue reading
Africa / Climate Change / ILRI
Climate change to make one million sq km of African farmland unproductive
Nearly one million square kilometers of farmland in Africa could become unproductive as a result of the effects of Climate Change, a new study has found. The study conducted by researchers from the Nairobi-based International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the United Kingdom’s Waen Associates and copied to ghanabusinessnews.com has found that by 2050, hotter … Continue reading
Camel farming could be the answer
Camel farming could be an option for some 20 million to 35 million people living on semi-arid land in Africa, who will soon be unable to grow crops because of climate change, says the co-author of a new study. By 2050, hotter conditions and less rainfall in an area covering 500,000 sq km to one … Continue reading
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