Breeding, genetics, and biotechnology are climate-smart practices that can enhance productivity, adaptation, and mitigation of climate change. The agriculture industry has strived for monocultures in crops or pure breeds in livestock. This has created vulnerabilities in the system. If a crop is a monoculture, it means that there is very little or no genetic variability ...
One climate-smart agriculture practice that shows promise is silvopastoral systems. These are systems that combine trees, crops, and grasses as a way to graze livestock (Mauricio, et al 2019). There are many ways to implement these systems depending on the local climate. One of the popular types of silvopastoral systems is the exotic grasslands. This ...
Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Diseases The earliest known epidemic was found in mass graves in China about five thousand years ago and it is believed that it killed an entire village.[1] Other epidemics are known from history from ancient Greece, Rome, the Plague in Europe, as well as epidemics in the ancient Americas.[2] The difference between ...
Climate change has been a hot topic for several years now. There is still controversy around what is causing it as some parties are not willing to believe that humans play a huge role in global warning. There has been a larger shift toward individuals believing that climate change is occurring, regardless of how it ...
Most domestic cattle breeds fall into Bos taurus taurus or Bos indicus taurus characteristics. Bos Indicus breeds, also known as tropical breeds, are typically humped and are more widespread in tropical climates. The most common of these breeds are Zebu and Brahman cattle. It is believed that these breeds originated from India and then migrated ...
Climate change affects livestock in many different ways. From heat intolerance to low yields many of these cause negative effects for humans as well, mostly in the form of food security. However, animals are known to carry diseases that transfer to humans. Diseases that transfer from animals to humans are known as zoonotic diseases. Many ...
My family has had cattle up a local canyon for several generations. We have worked with and had conflicts with the U.S forest service over this period of time. I have come to ask what one does when two groups need to work together for a similar goal, but have very conflicting ways of achieving ...
The COVID pandemic has taught us many things about our environment, the effect that humanity has on the environment, as well how little humanity is prepared for pandemics and other global disasters. As the pandemic continues, we have an opportunity to make changes to the way we do things. An area where there could be ...
COP 26 discussed many different techniques that can be used to enhance human life as well as combat climate change. These discussions were often led by leaders of nations, corporations, NGOs and other activist groups. The topics that were touched on ranged from human health to the oceans to the stop of deforestation by 2030. ...
Key Issues, Hot Topics, and Other Important Issues - IFIAD 2021 Annual Conference
