Many activities from livestock husbandry contribute to emission and concentration of carbon
dioxide (CO 2), nitrous oxide (N 2 O) and methane (CH 4) gases to the atmosphere; …

Field measurement data on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are still scarce for many land-
use types in Africa, causing a high level of uncertainty in GHG budgets. To address this gap …

Although grazing is the primary land use in the savanna lowland of southern Kenya, the
effects of grazing on soil carbon dioxide flux (RS) remain unclear. A 12-month study was …

Urgent climate challenges have triggered calls for radical, widespread changes in what we
eat, pushing for the drastic reduction if not elimination of animal-source foods from our diets …

Urgent climate challenges have triggered calls for radical, widespread changes in what we
eat, pushing for the drastic reduction if not elimination of animal-source foods from our diets …

Context Forage species are widely planted in arid and semi-arid agro-pastoral regions to
increase livestock carrying capacity and thereby relieve excessive grazing pressure. The …

The aim of this study is to review the literature and provide a technical brief to the African
Group of Negotiators Experts Support (AGNES) on the effect of climate change on livestock …

Agro-pastoralism involves the growing of crops and keeping of livestock as a livelihood
strategy practiced by communities in rural areas in Africa and is highly dependent on …

Common pool resources, such as forests, shrubs, and grasslands, have been and continue
to deliver a valuable contribution to the livelihood of millions of smallholder farmers in the …

Conservation agriculture (CA) is a sustainable farming system that has the potential to
mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agricultural ecosystems. CA practices are …