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As systems intensify, crops and livestock become increasingly integrated. Forage from crops becomes a larger component of overall forage supply in small-scale systems. This paper integrates information from field trials, studying the effect of varying maize planting density, with modelling approa...


Romney, D.L.Thorne, Peter J.Lukuyu, Ben A.Thornton, Philip K.[Maize as food and feed in intensive smallholder systems: management options for improved integration in mixed farming systems of east and southern Africa]Maize as food and feed in intensive smallholder systems: management options for improved integration in mixed farming systems of east and southern Africa

A software package to generate daily weather data for Latin America and Africa is described. The program is based on a stochastic weather generator that uses a third-order Markov process to model daily weather data. The model has been fitted to data from more than 9200 stations with long runs of ...


Jones, Peter G.Thornton, Philip K.[MarkSim: Software to generate daily weather data for Latin America and Africa]MarkSim: Software to generate daily weather data for Latin America and Africa

East Africa contains areas with some of the greatest large mammal biodiversity on the planet. These areas are key natural resources for the economic development of the region. They are also key areas for pastoralists who have co-existed with wildlife for millennia. Increasing populations, conflic...


Thornton, Philip K.Galvin, K.A.Boone, Randall B.[An agro-pastoral household model for the rangelands of East Africa]An agro-pastoral household model for the rangelands of East Africa
Milne, EleanorAynekulu, ErmiasBationo, B. AndréBatjes, Niels H.Boone, Randall B.Conant, Richard T.Davies, JonathanHanan, NiallHoag, DanaHerrick, Jeffrey E.Knausenberger, WalterNeely, ConstanceNjoka, JesseNgugi, MoffattParton, BillPaustian, KeithReid, Robin S.Said, Mohammed YahyaShepherd, Keith D.Swift, DavidThornton, Philip K.Williams, StephenMiller, SueNkonya, Ephraim M.[Grazing lands in sub-Saharan Africa and their potential role in climate change mitigation: What we do and don't know]Grazing lands in sub-Saharan Africa and their potential role in climate change mitigation: What we do and don't know

In this paper we examine conditions that underlie vulnerability and resilience possibilities for households and communities that face and respond to climate- and other changes, in nine East and West African countries. We base our analysis on a unique integrated qualitative and quantitative datase...


Pérez, CarlosJones, E.M.Kristjanson, Patricia M.Cramer, LauraThornton, Philip K.Förch, WiebkeBarahona, C.[How resilient are farming households and communities to a changing climate in Africa? A gender-based perspective]How resilient are farming households and communities to a changing climate in Africa? A gender-based perspective

The contemporary concern about anthropogenic release of greenhouse gas (GHG) into the environment and the contribution of livestock to this phenomenon have sparked animal scientists’ interest in predicting methane (CH4) emissions by ruminants. We contend that improving the adequacy of mathematica...


Tedeschi, L.O.Cavalcanti, L.F.L.Fonseca M.A.Herrero, Mario T.Thornton, Philip K.[The evolution and evaluation of dairy cattle models for predicting milk production: an agricultural model intercomparison and improvement project (AgMIP) for livestock]The evolution and evaluation of dairy cattle models for predicting milk production: an agricultural model intercomparison and improvement project (AgMIP) for livestock

The promotion of climate-smart agriculture in different parts of the world requires a clear understanding of its relative suitability, costs and benefits, and the environmental implications of various technological interventions in a local context under current and future climates. Such data are ...


Shirsath, Paresh B.Aggarwal, Pramod K.Thornton, Philip K.Dunnett, Alex[Prioritizing climate-smart agricultural land use options at a regional scale]Prioritizing climate-smart agricultural land use options at a regional scale

The livestock and environment nexus has been the subject of considerable research in the past decade. With a more prosperous and urbanized population projected to grow significantly in the coming decades comes a gargantuan appetite for livestock products. There is growing concern about how to acc...


Herrero, Mario T.Wirsenius, S.Henderson, Benjamin B.Rigolot, CyrilleThornton, Philip K.Havlík, PetrBoer, Imke J.M. deGerber, Pierre J.[Livestock and the environment: What have we learned in the past decade?]Livestock and the environment: What have we learned in the past decade?

Tarawali, Shirley A.Thornton, Philip K.Haan, Nicoline C. de[Planted forage legumes in West Africa]Planted forage legumes in West Africa

To achieve food security for many in low-income and middle-income countries for whom this is already a challenge, especially with the additional complications of climate change, will require early investment to support smallholder farming systems and the associated food systems that supply poor c...


Vermeulen, Sonja J.Zougmoré, Robert B.Wollenberg, Eva K.Thornton, Philip K.Nelson, Gerald C.Kristjanson, Patricia M.Kinyangi, JamesJarvis, AndyHansen, JamesChallinor, Andrew J.Campbell, Bruce M.Aggarwal, Pramod K.[Climate change, agriculture and food security: A global partnership to link research and action for low-income agricultural producers and consumers]Climate change, agriculture and food security: A global partnership to link research and action for low-income agricultural producers and consumers

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