Climate Smart Livestock production (CSL) is the application of practices that reduce the environmental impact of livestock production to increase resilience, productivity and profit to achieve sustainability. Over the last three decades, both local and international development organizations have implemented livestock development projects across Nigeria to strengthen the food system and empower smallholder livestock farmers […]
of Greenhouse Gas emissions, this is more than Kenyan livestock emissions estimated at 1,434 kt eq COdespite Kenya’s larger livestock population. Manure and feeding management are two critical pathways that emit carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide in livestock production. Several development organizations have implemented strategic and innovative approaches to increase smallholder livestock farmers’ productivity to address the shortage of livestock products.
. In addition, the implementation and adoption of climate-smart livestock production principally depend on government policies, availability of funding for tailored research and sustainable livestock projects, operationalisation of climate-smart livestock developmental projects, and mainstreaming of novel research outcomes. To significantly make a lasting impact in the Nigerian livestock sector, it is critical to invest in climate-smart livestock production.
The novelty of climate-smart livestock production will pose a challenge towards its implementation. The followings are some key potential challenges and next steps; Insufficient Experts: While climate-smart livestock production is a topic of interest in the international community, it is gradually gaining local stakeholders’ interest. However, only a few professionals could develop a working policy framework and mainstreaming strategies. In addition to the local professionals, experts from countries with similar climatic conditions can be engaged to bridge this gap.
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