Sustainable Livestock Farming Practices for Resilience
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11.10.24
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Livestock farming is a cornerstone of agriculture globally, providing essential food products, livelihoods, and increasing opportunities for innovation. However, it is increasingly recognized that modern livestock farming practices – often involving mass production and intense resource use – contribute to climate change environmental degradation. However, alternatives exist, and plenty research indicates that a combination of improved livestock feed and integrated livestock farming methods could reduce the impact of livestock farming and even offer important ecosystem benefits such as the improvement of soil fertility.
Adopting and mainstreaming these practices offer the opportunity to address the increasing global demand for animal products whilst reducing the environmental impacts of industrial production, using livestock as an integral part of more sustainable farming systems that balance demand with productivity, climate change action, environmental stewardship, the protection of farmers’ livelihoods and economic viability.
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