Coping with climate shocks: The complex role of livestock portfolios

Acosta, Alejandro; Nicolli, Francesco; Karfakis, Panagiotis

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105546

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“…In Kenya, the shift to commercial intensive chicken production system implies a growing demand for commercial feed (Carron et al, 2017). Chicken enterprises contribute to food and nutrition security, as well as income to households, and about one-third of agricultural gross domestic product (GDP) in the country (Acosta et al, 2021;Carron et al, 2017). Further opportunities are expected within the chicken industry, which is projected to record the highest growth of 121% within the livestock sub-sector by the year 2050 (Mottet and Tempio, 2017).…”

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Smallholder farmers’ willingness to pay for commercial insect-based chicken feed in Kenya

Okello

Otieno

Nzuma

et al. 2023

IFAM

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The cost of chicken production in developing countries is 300% higher than in developed nations. Overreliance on the key protein feed ingredients especially soybean and fishmeal (SFM) that are characterized by rising food-feed competition and supply chain impediments exacerbate the situation. The use of insect protein as a sustainable alternative protein source has attracted global attention recently. However, there is a dearth of empirical insights on farmers’ preferences for commercial insect-based feed for chicken production in Sub-Saharan Africa. This study evaluated farmers’ willingness to pay for attributes of insect-based commercial chicken feed in Kenya using a choice experiment based on a survey of 314 predominantly chicken farmers. Results show that the farmers are willing to pay premium prices ranging between US$ 0.35 and US$ 3.45 for insect-based feed in the form of either pellets or mash, feed explicitly labelled as containing insects, insect protein feed mixed with SFM and dark-colored feed. These findings provide evidence for multi-stakeholder collaborations to facilitate the creation of an inclusive insect-based feed regulatory framework for sustainable feed and chicken production.

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Smallholder farmers’ willingness to pay for commercial insect-based chicken feed in Kenya

Okello

Otieno

Nzuma

et al. 2023

IFAM

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“…Other important livestock production objectives included ceremonial/dowry purposes, income generation, manure, draft and transport (Bennison et al, 1997;Ejlertsen et al, 2012). Livestock portfolios play a significant role as an income and consumption buffering strategy during severe droughts (Acosta et al, 2021). Reducing stock or herd sizes as an adaptation measure can be effective in reducing mortality due to feed insecurity during drought periods (Gaughan et al, 2019).…”

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Climate change adaptation options to inform planning of agriculture and food systems in The Gambia: A systematic approach for stocktaking

Segnon

Zougmoré²,

Green³

et al. 2022

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Identifying and assessing adaptation options are key pre-requisite steps to adaptation prioritization and effective adaptation planning. In this paper, we presented a systematic approach for adaptation stocktaking, combining a systematic mapping and an outcome-oriented and evidence-based assessment, illustrated using the case of The Gambia. This study systematically mapped 24 adaptation options that can potentially inform adaptation planning in The Gambia agriculture and food systems and assessed how the identified options contribute to the pillars of Climate-Smart Agriculture. Because of the paucity of evidence sources from The Gambia, we collated evidence from both The Gambia and the West Africa region. We found that many of the documented options, such as climate-resilient crop varieties, crop diversification, climate information use, and weather indexed-based insurance have the potential to increase agricultural productivity and income while building resilience to climate change. While several options, such as soil and water conservation practices can positively contribute to climate change mitigation, others such as manure and inorganic fertilizers can have no or negative impacts on mitigation. Agroforestry practices and System of Rice Intensification have the potential to make a triple impact. The paucity of evidence from The Gambia and the highly contextual and differential impacts of the identified adaptation options underscore the importance of careful consideration of barriers and enablers when developing and deploying policy and interventions to sustainably increase productivity and income while building resilience to climate risks and reducing GHGs emissions. Stakeholder engagement and participatory research action are crucial in selecting and testing the priority adaptation options which can maximize their potentials in specific agricultural and food system contexts, such as in The Gambia. Because of the heterogeneity in household vulnerability and socioecological circumstances, targeting options to the right contexts will also be crucial to avoid maladaptation. We highlighted key knowledge gaps in the understanding of the effectiveness and feasibility of the identified adaptation options in The Gambia. Beyond The Gambia, the approach can also be useful for and replicated in other least developed countries in the West African region, that are currently developing their National Adaptation Plan.

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“…Current research remains diverse on the impact of climate change on agricultural production. Most scholars believe climate change will increase extreme weather [27,28] and reduce agricultural output [4]. Representative findings include that increased temperature and reduced rainfall due to climate change will reduce agricultural output in arid regions [29,30], and abnormal increases in rainfall in wet areas can also hinder crop growth [31,32].…”

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Extreme Climate Shocks and Green Agricultural Development: Evidence from the 2008 Snow Disaster in China

Feng

Zhao

2021

IJERPH

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Extreme climate shocks cause agricultural yield reductions and increase long-term climate risk, altering farmers’ long-term production decisions and affecting green agricultural development (GAD). We take the 2008 snow disaster in China as an extreme climate shock, calculate the GAD index by the entropy weighting method, and use the difference-in-difference method to study the extreme climate shock’s impact on GAD. The results show that: (1) Extreme climate shocks are detrimental to GAD, with the snow disaster decreasing China’s GAD level by 3.07%. (2) The impacts of extreme climate shocks are heterogeneous across climate and economic zones, with greater impact in humid and developed regions. (3) Extreme climate shocks affect GAD mainly by reducing farmers’ willingness to cultivate, and increasing energy consumption, fertilizer, and pesticide input. (4) Extreme climate shocks do not reduce agricultural yields in the long run. Still, they reduce the total value of agricultural production and decrease the quality of agricultural products expressed in terms of unit value. The findings of this study have policy implications for developing countries in coping with extreme climate shocks and promoting GAD.

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Coping with climate shocks: The complex role of livestock portfolios

Cited by 31 publications

References 43 publications

Smallholder farmers’ willingness to pay for commercial insect-based chicken feed in Kenya

Smallholder farmers’ willingness to pay for commercial insect-based chicken feed in Kenya

Climate change adaptation options to inform planning of agriculture and food systems in The Gambia: A systematic approach for stocktaking

Extreme Climate Shocks and Green Agricultural Development: Evidence from the 2008 Snow Disaster in China

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