Animals Topics from the International Hub Region
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Climate Change and Agricultural Resilience in the Northern Triangle
A joint report by the USDA and CATIE examines the impact of climate change on agriculture and migration in Central America's Northern Triangle (NTCA). The analysis reveals the varying resilience…
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Cross-Border Conservation: How the U.S. Forest Service Partners with Mexico to Protect Vital Shared Grasslands
The U.S. Forest Service is teaming up with partners in Mexico to launch an innovative conservation effort: sustainable ranching. Local ranchers learn new grazing techniques to boost the land while…
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Reducing methane emissions in Sri Lankan dairy sector
The Climate-Smart Dairy Model could help achieve emissions reduction targets cited in the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) while improving farmer incomes and realizing national nutrition…
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U.S. Livestock Ration Software Helps Reduce Emissions and Improve Productivity in Vietnam
UC Davis is collaborating with Vietnamese institutions to develop a package of computer programs for formulating and analyzing rations for beef and dairy cattle and swine.
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Virtual Fencing as a Climate Adaptation Strategy
Virtual fencing allows ranchers to move livestock without physical fences and could be an effective climate adaptation strategy.
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Rotational Grazing for Climate Resilience
Rotational grazing could help agricultural producers mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change.
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South Africa Committed to Climate Change Interventions in the Agricultural Sector
South Africa committed to climate change intervention in its agricultural sector by introducing the Agriculture, Food Systems and Food Security Flagship Program.
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Climate Change, Global Food Security, and U.S. Food System Assessment
The result of a three-year effort led by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, this study brought together over thirty experts at nineteen institutions in four countries. The authors drew on…
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Feed Supplement for Dairy Cows Cuts Their Methane Emissions
The addition of 3-Nitrooxypropanol to the feed of dairy cows reduced their enteric methane emissions by about 25 percent in a recently published study.
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If you have cattle, you should check out Grass-Cast
The weather can be crazy in the great plains and with the changing climate, it just keeps getting crazier. For farmers and ranchers, any tool that we can utilize to help us get some idea of what…
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Cost-effective strategies to Reduce Agricultural Greenhouse Gases
Crop and livestock production lead to the unintentional release of greenhouse gases. Now, farmers can do something about that.
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Agrivoltaics: Coming Soon to a Farm Near You?
Researchers and farmers around the country are currently experimenting and collecting data on what crops, pollinator plants, and/or livestock situations work best with photovoltaic setups.…