Does climate adaptation of vulnerable households to extreme events benefit livestock production?

Bai, Yilong; Deng, Xiangzheng; Zhang, Yue; Wang, Chao; Yu, Liu

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.10.250

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“…Findings also highlighted that access to milk cooling system is the most strategic technology to increase the production's frontier: the use of a cooling system increased the frontier by nearly 29% (e 0.255 − 1 = 0.291 in Model 3-A and e 0.250 − 1 = 0.283 in Model 3-B). This result is in line with recent studies (Bai et al, 2019;Khanal et al, 2018;Ojo & Baiyegunhi, 2020), which used the SF approach and showed a positive impact of climate-smart practices on technical efficiency.…”

Section: Stochastic Frontier Modelssupporting

confidence: 92%

“…Ankrah Twumasi and Jiang (2021) evaluated the impact of CCAS on the technical efficiency of goat farmers in Ghana, showing that these practices helped increase farmers' efficiency. Using SF models, Bai et al (2019) indicated that CCAS improved livestock production's technical efficiency among vulnerable Chinese farmers. Ojo and Baiyegunhi (2020) conducted a similar analysis among smallholder rice farmers in Nigeria, pointing to the importance of CCAS in enhancing average rice yield and technical efficiency.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Climate resilience programmes and technical efficiency: evidence from the smallholder dairy farmers in the Brazilian semi-arid region

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Section: Stochastic Frontier Modelssupporting

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confidence: 99%

Climate resilience programmes and technical efficiency: evidence from the smallholder dairy farmers in the Brazilian semi-arid region

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Silveira

Fonseca

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Climate and Development

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“…Crops under natural conditions face various environmental constraints, including drought, salinity, temperature, and heavy metals (Anderson et al, 2020;Bai et al, 2019;Lei et al, 2021). Annually, these abiotic stresses cause a reduction of approximately 70% in the potential crop yields worldwide (Trevisan et al, 2019;Razi and Muneer, 2021).…”

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Seed Priming With an Animal-derived Protein Hydrolysate Improves Drought Tolerance of Tomato Seeds by Enhancing Reserve Mobilization, Osmotic Adjustment, and Antioxidant Mechanism

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Purpose Protein hydrolysates obtained from agro-industrial byproducts have received much attentions due to their positive roles in regulating plant responses to environmental stresses. However, little is known about the roles of animal protein hydrolysates in mediating seed drought tolerance and the underlying mechanism. Here, the effects of seed priming with pig blood protein hydrolysates (PP) on tomato seed germination and seedling growth under drought stress were investigated. Methods Tomato seeds were soaked with different concentrations of PP solutions for 24 h, and then transferred to filter paper moistened with distilled water or 10% PEG-6000 solution in Petri dish. The germination traits, seeding growth, reserve mobilization, osmolytes, and antioxidant system were determined.Results PP priming effectively alleviated the reduction in seed germination traits, resulting in improved tomato seedling growth under drought stress. PP priming enhanced amylase and sucrose synthase activities, soluble sugar, soluble protein, and free amino acid levels, thereby promoting reserve mobilization in seeds. Moreover, PP priming also reduces osmotic toxicity by increasing the accumulation of proline, soluble protein, and soluble sugar. Drought stress substantially enhanced the production of ROS and subsequent increases in MDA and Evans blue uptake, which were significantly alleviated after PP priming by improving the activities of SOD, POD, and CAT, and non-enzymatic antioxidants. Conclusion PP priming is a feasible method for improving tomato seed germination and seedling growth under drought stress by enhancing reserve mobilization, osmolyte accumulation, and antioxidant systems.

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“…However, the rank of these companies' efficiency remained the same. Kuosmanen et al and Bai et al also conducted empirical studies by applying the two methods, compared the theories and the deviation process, and summarized their corresponding advantages and disadvantages [16,17]. DEA was a popular tool used to analyze efficiency within many fields [18].…”

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“…Consequently, the results of the DEA cannot yield a specific function that describes the relationship between the input and output variables. Moreover, some errors may arise in the process of estimation when using this method, especially in relation to macroeconomic data, because random noises are discounted [17]. Contrasting with DEA, SFA is a parametric method accounting for random errors, and it enables the identification of inefficient factors and random errors [25].…”

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Factors Contributing to Efficient Forest Production in the Region of the Three-North Shelter Forest Program, China

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Forests are the most important renewable resources and provide critical ecosystem services worldwide, especially the provisioning service, making a great contribution to human well-being. The Three-North Shelter Forest Program (TNSFP) is a large-scale ecological project aimed at improving ecological environments and consolidating economic construction in China through the development of artificial forests. In our study, stochastic frontier analysis was adopted to estimate forest production efficiency (FPE) by using dynamic panel data. Based on the FPE of 13 provinces located within the TNSFP region during the period 2000–2016, the effects of the natural and socioeconomic influencing factors on FPE were further explored by using the Tobit regression model. The estimated results confirmed the validity of the constructed model and revealed an increasing trend of the mean annual FPE value, which ranged from 0.3147 in 2000 to 0.5681 in 2016. The FPE was declining from the eastern region to the western region in 2000. However, this spatial distribution characteristic changed enormously in 2016; regions with low FPE were in the center of the TNSFP region, surrounded by the regions with high FPE. Moreover, the following factors positively influenced FPE: average temperature (1.4476), total annual rainfall (0.0800), per capita GDP (0.0882), the education levels of forestry employees (0.2120), the number of forest technology stations in townships (0.0149), and disease and pest control areas (0.0190). However, the impacts of the policy relating to the Natural Forest Protection Program on FPE were insignificant. These influencing factors had differential effects on FPE within the TNSFP’s three sub-regions during the period 2000–2016. These findings can contribute to more efficient forest management and strengthen resource and environment management.

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Does climate adaptation of vulnerable households to extreme events benefit livestock production?

Cited by 21 publications

References 31 publications

Climate resilience programmes and technical efficiency: evidence from the smallholder dairy farmers in the Brazilian semi-arid region

Climate resilience programmes and technical efficiency: evidence from the smallholder dairy farmers in the Brazilian semi-arid region

Seed Priming With an Animal-derived Protein Hydrolysate Improves Drought Tolerance of Tomato Seeds by Enhancing Reserve Mobilization, Osmotic Adjustment, and Antioxidant Mechanism

Factors Contributing to Efficient Forest Production in the Region of the Three-North Shelter Forest Program, China

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