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View article: Seasons, herd mobility and management drive feed intake and digestibility in grazing cattle in West African landscapes
Seasons, herd mobility and management drive feed intake and digestibility in grazing cattle in West African landscapes Open
Estimating the daily diet of grazing cattle from available feed resources in pastoral and mixed crop-livestock systems in tropical West Africa remains a challenge. The objective of this study was to describe the relevance of cattle diet mo…
View article: Multifunctionality of livestock grazing systems, a lever to envision its possible futures
Multifunctionality of livestock grazing systems, a lever to envision its possible futures Open
On April 19th 2024, the Action Network “Restoring value to grassland” of the Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock organized in Montpellier, France, following a four days internal workshop, a oneday hybrid conference entitled "Multifunct…
View article: Livestock grazing systems and sustainable development in the Mediterranean and Tropical areas
Livestock grazing systems and sustainable development in the Mediterranean and Tropical areas Open
Family-run ruminant grazing systems in the Mediterranean and tropical areas contribute directly to eight of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations 2030 Agenda. For a long time, these livestock systems have…
View article: Improving Biodiversity Offset Schemes through the Identification of Ecosystem Services at a Landscape Level
Improving Biodiversity Offset Schemes through the Identification of Ecosystem Services at a Landscape Level Open
Biodiversity offsets aim to compensate the negative residual impacts of development projects on biodiversity, including ecosystem functions, uses by people and cultural values. Conceptually, ecosystem services (ES) should be considered, bu…
View article: Livestock robustness: physiological and behavioural levers of adaptation
Livestock robustness: physiological and behavioural levers of adaptation Open
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View article: Multi-criteria assessment of efficiency to account for the multifunctionality of livestock grazing systems
Multi-criteria assessment of efficiency to account for the multifunctionality of livestock grazing systems Open
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View article: Multifunctionality and diversity of livestock grazing systems for sustainable food systems throughout the world: Are there learning opportunities for Europe?
Multifunctionality and diversity of livestock grazing systems for sustainable food systems throughout the world: Are there learning opportunities for Europe? Open
Throughout the world, livestock grazing systems (LGS) include, and provide livelihoods for, many rural populations. These LGS are represented in a wide variety of agroecological contexts and offer a huge variety of system organization. The…
View article: Climate change, animal product consumption and the future of food systems
Climate change, animal product consumption and the future of food systems Open
The livestock sector contributes around 14.5 percent of total anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Developing mitigation strategies is a serious challenge, especially if we anticipate a rapid growth in the consumption of animal pr…
View article: Multifunctions and contributions of grassland-based livestock systems in North-West Vietnam
Multifunctions and contributions of grassland-based livestock systems in North-West Vietnam Open
In Northwest mountains of Vietnam, the smallholder livestock farms depend largely on natural pastures for animal feed. However, the management or improvement of grazing areas has not yet been recognized or regulated by local authorities. T…
View article: Pastoral landscapes in the Sahel: a carbon balance with unexpected potential for climate change mitigation
Pastoral landscapes in the Sahel: a carbon balance with unexpected potential for climate change mitigation Open
In the Sahel, pastoralism capitalises on an extreme environment. Although it is accused of emitting excessive amounts of greenhouse gases per kilogram of milk or meat produced, a research study conducted in Senegal shows that pastoral land…
View article: The dynamics of seasonal body conditions of Zebu Gobra cows, related to pastoral practices in Northern Senegal
The dynamics of seasonal body conditions of Zebu Gobra cows, related to pastoral practices in Northern Senegal Open
Session 10: Adaptation of herbivores to climate changes and diverse environments
View article: Why and how address multifunctionality of pastoral farming systems?
Why and how address multifunctionality of pastoral farming systems? Open
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View article: Livestock Production Systems: Seizing the Opportunities for Pastoralists and Agro-Pastoralists
Livestock Production Systems: Seizing the Opportunities for Pastoralists and Agro-Pastoralists Open
Stresses that livestock-keeping remains one of the most important livelihood activities practiced in African drylands, with production of meat and milk typically comprising 5–15 percent of total gross domestic product (GDP) and up to 60 pe…
View article: Innovative method to assess the sustainability of pastoral systems in their territories (PSSAF),
Innovative method to assess the sustainability of pastoral systems in their territories (PSSAF), Open
The future of pastoral systems and their interactions with territories are the subject of considerable debate in the scientific literature and are still insufficiently documented. Assessing the sustainability of pastoral systems and their…
View article: Water harvesting model for improved rangeland productivity in Butana, Sudan
Water harvesting model for improved rangeland productivity in Butana, Sudan Open
The above-ground biomass and floristic composition of Butana rangelands in Sudan were assessed in 2006 with field surveys covering 25 sites. The remote sensing data derived from Spot image for the same period was integrated to the field su…
View article: Methanogenic potential of forages consumed throughout the year by cattle in a Sahelian pastoral area
Methanogenic potential of forages consumed throughout the year by cattle in a Sahelian pastoral area Open
Methane (CH4) emission from ruminants in African pastoral systems may be affected by intake and type of plants, which vary highly between rainy and dry seasons. In each of two sites located in the semiarid Sahelian area of Senegal, three G…
View article: Simulating spatial changes in vegetation-livestock interactions under different landscape structures: a multi-agent system applied to agro-pastoral territories
Simulating spatial changes in vegetation-livestock interactions under different landscape structures: a multi-agent system applied to agro-pastoral territories Open
Free-range and common-grazing ruminants play a major role in the functioning and the provision of ecosystem services by agro- and silvo-pastoral ecosystems in sub-Saharan Africa. To assess how landscape structure affects the nature of envi…
View article: Intra-annual variability of the greenhouse gas balance of a sahelian rangeland ecosystem in semi-arid West A
Intra-annual variability of the greenhouse gas balance of a sahelian rangeland ecosystem in semi-arid West A Open
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