Investigating the dynamics of resilience and greenhouse gas performance of pastoral cattle systems in southern Ethiopia

• Published in: Agricultural systems Vol. 207; p. 103636
• Main Authors: MacLeod, Michael, Henderson, Ben, Teillard, Felix, Kinyanjui, Wamalwa, Tadesse, Fisseha, Cando, Lee, Halpern, Clark, Germer, Leah A., Gerber, Pierre J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2023
• Subjects: adults; cattle; climate; Climate smart agriculture; drought; dynamic models; Ethiopia; forage; greenhouse gases; herd size; issues and policy; livestock insurance; meat; milk; mortality; Pastoralism; protein synthesis; rangeland restoration; Resilience; risk reduction; System dynamics; Ethiopia; System dynamics; Pastoralism; Climate smart agriculture; Resilience

Pastoral and agro-pastoral (PAP) systems in East Africa face a range of challenges including increased climate variability. Various measures have been proposed to improve the resilience of pastoral/agro-pastoral (PAP) systems to drought. However, identifying the most effective measure for a given sy...