Livestock farming is a livelihood activity and is critically important for the food and nutritional
security of the majority of the population in West African countries, including Senegal …

The dynamic between humans, livestock, and wildlife is evolving owing to growth in
populations, a finite global landmass, and shifting climatic conditions. This change comes …

Implications Meat production is often listed among the largest contributors to climate change,
and is usually associated with biodiversity damage, feed-food competition, and water …

The general public is increasingly critical of extensive, ruminant-dominated systems for their
attributed high greenhouse gas emissions. However, advocates of low input, grass-fed …

To assess the extent to which trees in a semi-arid silvopastoral system (SPS) can offset the
greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions of the system's livestock, this study used two process …

The feeding behavior and fodder intake of cattle, sheep and goats grazing semi-arid sub-
Saharan Africa rangelands in Senegal was studied over a one-year cycle. The objective of …

This paper explores an original approach in which greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and
carbon (C) accumulation are assessed monthly and at landscape scale to account for the …

It has been widely asserted that a high grazing pressure has led to a reduction in vegetation
production at decadal time scales, implying land degradation, in African drylands, and in the …

The alternating between dry and wet seasons and the consecutive microbial responses to
soil water content in semiarid ecosystems has significant consequences on nitrogen …

Silvopastoral systems (SPSs) have been shown to improve ecosystem resilience and
provide sustainable land management solutions in the Sahel. However, accurately …