Increases in extreme heat stress in domesticated livestock species during the twenty‐first century

P Thornton, G Nelson, D Mayberry… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic climate change is expected to have major impacts on domesticated livestock,
including increased heat stress in animals in both intensive and extensive livestock systems …

Levelling foods for priority micronutrient value can provide more meaningful environmental footprint comparisons

R Katz-Rosene, F Ortenzi, GA McAuliffe… - Communications Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
A growing literature in Life Cycle Assessment seeks to better inform consumers, food
policymakers, food supply chain actors, and other relevant stakeholders about how …

[PDF][PDF] Sustainable fodder production in South Asia through silvopastoral systems.

S Sow, S Ranjan, N Kumar, H Gitari… - Current Science …, 2024 - ir-library.ku.ac.ke
Silvopasture is a farming practice involving the integration of tree and livestock grazing
operations on the same land. Intensive management of these systems enables them to …

Economic-environmental assessment of silvo-pastoral systems in Colombia: An ecosystem service perspective

DF Sandoval, JF Florez, KJE Valencia, MES Cabrera… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Cattle production in Colombia has an important social and economic role but causes
considerable environmental impacts, such as deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions …

Land‐use strategies to balance livestock production, biodiversity conservation and carbon storage in Yucatán, Mexico

DR Williams, F Alvarado, RE Green… - Global Change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Balancing the production of food, particularly meat, with preserving biodiversity and
maintaining ecosystem services is a major societal challenge. Research into the contrasting …

Results from on-the-ground efforts to promote sustainable cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon

EKHJ Zu Ermgassen, MP Alcântara, A Balmford… - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
Agriculture in Brazil is booming. Brazil has the world's second largest cattle herd and is the
second largest producer of soybeans, with the production of beef, soybeans, and bioethanol …

Legume-based silvopastoral systems drive C and N soil stocks in a subhumid tropical environment

MAL Junior, FJC Fracetto, J da Silva Ferreira, MB Silva… - Catena, 2020 - Elsevier
Silvopastoral systems include trees or shrubs and grasses and are considered a sustainable
method of restoring degraded pastures and increasing carbon and nitrogen stocks in …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon storage potential of silvopastoral systems of Colombia

E Aynekulu, M Suber, M Van Noordwijk, J Arango… - Land, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nine Latin American countries plan to use silvopastoral practices—incorporating trees into
grazing lands—to mitigate climate change. However, the cumulative potential of scaling up …

Assessing sustainability in cattle silvopastoral systems in the Mexican tropics using the SAFA framework

F Pérez-Lombardini, KF Mancera, G Suzán, J Campo… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cattle production is associated with deforestation in tropical Mexico.
Silvopastoral systems have been proposed as a feasible alternative for sustainable livestock …

Grazing in silvopastoral systems: multiple solutions for diversified benefits

E Sales-Baptista, MI Ferraz-de-Oliveira - Agroforestry Systems, 2021 - Springer
Silvopastoral systems are multifunctional systems that combine herbage, shrub and tree
layers with grazing animals in a single site. The multiple possible combinations of …