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Productivity, environmental impacts and tradeoffs of livestock intensification options in Tanga region, Tanzania

10th of December 2015, 3rd Tanga Dairy Stakeholders’ platform meeting

• Enteric fermentation is the largest contributor to GHG emissions

• Emission intensities are higher for mixed crop-livestock systems when measured per area, but lower per liter milk produced

• N balances are negative for mixed farming, and positive for agro-pastoralists due to the manure produced by the relatively big herd

• Livestock intensification strategies result in almost all cases in lower emission intensities, especially in the agro-pastoral system

• Improved livestock feeding through planted forages is a promising option, both for productivity (especially under intercropping and manure) and environment

• Further work is done to assess farm and landscape scale tradeoffs between productivity and environmental impacts

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Editor: CIAT
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Autor: Birthe Paul
Otros autores: An Notenbaert, Catherine Pfeifer, Joanne Morris, Julius Bwire, Amos Omore
Organización: CIAT
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Año: 2015
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País(es): United Republic of Tanzania
Cobertura geográfica: África
Tipo: Informe
Idioma utilizado para los contenidos: English
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