Evaluating livestock mobility as a strategy for climate change mitigation: Combining models to address the specificities of pastoral systems

Vigan, Aurore; Lasseur, Jacques; Benoît, Marc; Mouillot, Florent; Eugène, Maguy; Mansard, Laura; Vigne, Mathieu; Lecomte, Philippe; Dutilly, Céline

doi:10.1016/j.agee.2017.03.020

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“…Droughts present another, more seasonal threat to diets and nutrition. Lacking diversified livelihood options to fall back on during extreme weather events, pastoralists are particularly vulnerable to climate‐induced risks (Mburu et al., 2017; Upton et al., 2016; Vigan et al., 2017). Reduction of food consumption is a problematic but widely practiced coping strategy among pastoralists during droughts (Opiyo, Wasonga, Nyangito, Schilling, & Munang, 2015; Silvestri, Bryan, Ringler, Herrero, & Okoba, 2012).…”

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Can mobile phones improve nutrition among pastoral communities? Panel data evidence from Northern Kenya

Parlasca

Mußhoff

Qaim

2020

Agricultural Economics

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The digital revolution and the ongoing dissemination of mobile phones carry several prospects for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Food insecurity and low dietary quality remain major issues among African smallholders. Mobile phones could potentially facilitate access to food markets and thus improve food security and nutrition, but research on such types of effects remains scarce. In this study, we analyze whether mobile phones improve dietary quality among pastoral communities in Northern Kenya. We use six rounds of household panel data covering the period between 2009 and 2015. During this period, mobile phone ownership in the sample increased from less than 30% to more than 70%. Regression models with household fixed effects allow robust estimation while reducing potential issues of unobserved heterogeneity. The estimates show that mobile phone adoption and use are positively and significantly associated with dietary diversity. The effects are particularly large for frequent mobile phone users. We also examine the underlying mechanisms. Mobile phone use improves dietary diversity mainly through better access to purchased foods. These results encourage the promotion of mobile phone technologies as a valuable tool for nutritional improvements, especially in remote rural settings with poor access to food markets.

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Can mobile phones improve nutrition among pastoral communities? Panel data evidence from Northern Kenya

Parlasca

Mußhoff

Qaim

2020

Agricultural Economics

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“…Central Asia experienced tremendous socioeconomic change, with the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990's leading to a full restructure of the agricultural system, followed by a rapid collapse of cattle industry and progressively recovered in the last 20 years, and potentially altering fuel availability to burn as observed in other ecosystems (Holdo et al 2009, Vigan et al 2017) (Figs. S2 and S3) (Food and Agriculture Organization, 2016; Robinson and Milner-Gulland, 2003).…”

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Wetter environment and increased grazing reduced the area burned in northern Eurasia: 2002–2016

Hao¹,

Reeves²,

Baggett³

et al. 2020

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Abstract. Northern Eurasia is highly sensitive to climate change. Fires in this region can have significant impacts on regional air quality, radiative forcing and black carbon deposition in the Arctic to accelerate ice melting. Using a MODIS-derived burned area data set, we report that the total annual area burned in this region declined by 53 % during the 15-year period of 2002–2016. Grassland fires dominated the trend, accounting for 93 % of the decline of the total area burned. Grassland fires in Kazakhstan contributed 47 % of the total area burned and 84 % of the decline. Wetter climate and increased grazing are the principle driving forces for the decline. Our findings: 1) highlight the importance of the complex interactions of climate-vegetation-land use in affecting fire activity, and 2) reveal how the resulting impacts on fire activity in a relatively small region such as Kazakhstan can dominate the trends of burned areas across a much larger landscape of northern Eurasia. Our findings may be used to improve the prediction of future fire dynamics and associated fire emissions in northern Eurasia.

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“…The selected farms were Graz, a grazing system in the French western lowlands; 3x2, an accelerated reproduction system with three lambings every 2 years in the upland area of Massif Central; and OF, an organic farm from the same area but with more shallow soils. Two other farms, DT, a dual transhumant system in French Mediterranean rangelands (Vigan et al, 2017), and Irel, a Teagasc experimental farm in Ireland (Earle et al, 2017), were selected to Irel is for the Irish system, Graz is for grazing, 3x2 is for accelerated reproduction system, OF is for organic farming, and DT is for dual transhumant system. NR Energy is for non renewable energy.…”

Section: Analyzing Multiperformance and Resilience In A Long-term Farmentioning

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Mobilizing Ecological Processes for Herbivore Production: Farmers and Researchers Learning Together

Dumont¹,

Modernel²,

Benoît³

et al. 2020

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Evaluating livestock mobility as a strategy for climate change mitigation: Combining models to address the specificities of pastoral systems

Cited by 29 publications

References 54 publications

Can mobile phones improve nutrition among pastoral communities? Panel data evidence from Northern Kenya

Can mobile phones improve nutrition among pastoral communities? Panel data evidence from Northern Kenya

Wetter environment and increased grazing reduced the area burned in northern Eurasia: 2002–2016

Mobilizing Ecological Processes for Herbivore Production: Farmers and Researchers Learning Together

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