Sustainable agriculture options for production, greenhouse gasses and pollution alleviation, and nutrient recycling in emerging and transitional nations-An overview

MJ Adegbeye, PRK Reddy, AI Obaisi… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Previous and current agricultural practices have contributed to environmental pollution,
which is further affecting food security, human health, and climate. Yet, agriculture cannot be …

[HTML][HTML] Heat stress effects on sheep: Are hair sheep more heat resistant?

CM McManus, DA Faria, CM Lucci, H Louvandini… - Theriogenology, 2020 - Elsevier
Climatic variables can trigger physiological, biochemical, haematological and hormonal
alterations that influence the maintenance of homeothermy and can affect production and …

Technical training and rice farmers' adoption of low-carbon management practices: the case of soil testing and formulated fertilization technologies in Hubei, China

Y Liu, J Ruiz-Menjivar, L Zhang, J Zhang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
More than a decade ago, the Chinese government created several agricultural programs
with the objective to promote food security and to foster environmental sustainability via the …

[PDF][PDF] Goat production in the world: present situation and trends

B Skapetas, V Bampidis - Livestock research for Rural …, 2016 - researchgate.net
Goat numbers in the world during the period 2000-2013 were increased by 33.8%, with Asia
to keep constantly the first place having a contribution about 59.4%. World goat milk …

Embodied carbon in China's export trade: a multi region input-output analysis

W Yang, H Gao, Y Yang, J Liao - International Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - mdpi.com
With the rapid growth of China's export trade and increasing pressure of domestic carbon
emission reduction, the issue of carbon embodied in export trade has attracted increasing …

A high resolution atlas of gene expression in the domestic sheep (Ovis aries)

EL Clark, SJ Bush, MEB McCulloch, IL Farquhar… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Sheep are a key source of meat, milk and fibre for the global livestock sector, and an
important biomedical model. Global analysis of gene expression across multiple tissues has …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive review on carbon footprint of regular diet and ways to improving lowered emissions

HN Afrouzi, J Ahmed, BM Siddique, N Khairuddin… - Results in …, 2023 - Elsevier
In light of the SDG goals, carbon emissions from different food and food-related products
have been under serious scrutiny in recent years. Despite the increasing awareness of …

The climatic and genetic heritage of Italian goat breeds with genomic SNP data

M Cortellari, M Barbato, A Talenti, A Bionda, A Carta… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Local adaptation of animals to the environment can abruptly become a burden when faced
with rapid climatic changes such as those foreseen for the Italian peninsula over the next 70 …

Review of environmental performance of sheep farming using life cycle assessment

A Bhatt, B Abbassi - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is increasingly being used as a tool to estimate environmental
impacts in the sheep sector. Policymakers have been keener on develo** policies and …

Small ruminants: Farmers' hope in a world threatened by water scarcity

OF Akinmoladun, V Muchenje, FN Fon, CT Mpendulo - Animals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Water is one of the most important nutrients to livestock. It is so essential
that more than half the volume of the animal's body is water. However, its availability is …