The livestock sector accounts for 30% of global land area and is a major driver of land use change (Geist and Lambin 2002). Steinfeld et al (2006) calculated that deforestation due to the expansion of pasture and feed crops was responsible for 8% of total anthropogenic Co2 emissions. In addition,...
Havlík, Petr
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Valin, Hugo
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Mosnier, Aline
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Obersteiner, Michael
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Baker, J.S.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Schmid, Erwin
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[Crop productivity and the global livestock sector: Implications for land use change and greenhouse gas emissions]
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Crop productivity and the global livestock sector: Implications for land use change and greenhouse gas emissions
IMPACTlite survey dataset: detailed information about household composition, production systems and activities, land and labour allocatio n, income from on farm and off farm activities, household consumption of food, and asset, with a particular gender lens on control over resources, land ownersh...
Silvestri, Silvia
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Quirós, Carlos F.
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Douxchamps, Sabine
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Teufel, Nils
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Singh, Dhiraj
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Mutie, Ianetta
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Ndiwa, Nicholas N.
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Ndungu, Anthony
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Kiplimo, Jasper
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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Herrero, Mario T.
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[Impact Lite Dataset]
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Impact Lite Dataset
Livestock are responsible for 12% of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Sustainable intensification of livestock production systems might become a key climate mitigation technology. However, livestock production systems vary substantially, making the implementation of climate mitigation poli...
Havlík, Petr
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Valin, Hugo
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Obersteiner, Michael
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Schmid, Erwin
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Mosnier, Aline
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Böttcher, Hannes
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Conant, Richard T.
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Frank, S.
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Fritz, Steffen
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Fuss, S.
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Kraxner, Florian
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Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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[Climate change mitigation through livestock system transitions]
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Climate change mitigation through livestock system transitions
Livestock play a significant role in rural livelihoods and the economies of developing countries. They are providers of income and employment for producers and others working in, sometimes complex, value chains. They are a crucial asset and safety net for the poor, especially for women and pastor...
Herrero, Mario T.
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Grace, Delia
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Njuki, Jemimah
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Johnson, Nancy L.
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Enahoro, Dolapo K.
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Silvestri, Silvia
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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[The roles of livestock in developing countries]
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The roles of livestock in developing countries
In the last 40 years, large areas of the Mau forest, the largest contiguous tropical montane forest in East Africa, have been cleared for agriculture. To date, there are no empirical data on how this land use change affects carbon dioxide (CO2) fluxes from soil respiration and soil methane (CH4) ...
Wanyama, Ibrahim
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Pelster, David E.
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Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
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Verchot, Louis V.
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Martius, C.
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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[Soil carbon dioxide and methane fluxes from forests and other land use types in an African tropical montane region]
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Soil carbon dioxide and methane fluxes from forests and other land use types in an African tropical montane region
Conservation Agriculture (CA) is being advocated to enhance soil health and sustain long term crop productivity in the developing world. One of CA's key principles is the maintenance of soil cover often by retaining a proportion of crop residues on the field as mulch. Yet smallholder crop–livesto...
Valbuena, Diego
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Erenstein, Olaf
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Homann-Kee Tui, Sabine
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Abdoulaye, Tahirou
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Claessens, Lieven
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Duncan, Alan J.
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Gerard, Bruno G.
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Teufel, Nils
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Rooyen, Andre F. van
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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[Conservation agriculture in mixed crop-livestock systems: Scoping crop residue trade-offs in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia]
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Conservation agriculture in mixed crop-livestock systems: Scoping crop residue trade-offs in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
In many African cities urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) plays a major role in creating jobs and contributing to food security. However, many small-scale UPA systems are characterised by excessive nutrient inputs to the livestock unit and poor handling of manure. To assess the impact of impr...
Rodrigue, V.C.
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Diogo, Rodrigue V. Cao
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Schlecht, E.
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Buerkert, Andreas
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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[Increasing nutrient use efficiency through improved feeding and manure management in urban and peri-urban livestock units of a West African city: A scenario analysis]
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Increasing nutrient use efficiency through improved feeding and manure management in urban and peri-urban livestock units of a West African city: A scenario analysis