This document presents a summary of a presentation on climate-smart livestock production. It introduces the topic and defines climate-smart livestock production as sustainably increasing productivity while enhancing adaptation, removing greenhouse gases, and achieving food security. It then discusses the contributions of livestock to global food supply, resource use, and GDP. The presentation outlines the greenhouse gas emissions from livestock production and their various sources. It also examines the impacts of climate change on livestock health, reproduction, and infectious diseases. Finally, it proposes several solutions to mitigate livestock's environmental impacts, including agroforestry practices, improved waste management, biotechnologies, and use of plant secondary metabolites in animal feed.
4. The FAO has defined- as one that-
Sustainably increasing productivity
Enhancing adaptation
Removing greenhouse gases
Enhancing achievement of national food
security and development goals.
5. Livestock production provides on average 17% of food calories and more
than a third of protein to human diets
Over 35% of overall cereal use with cattle consuming over 1 billion tons of
grain each year
Consuming almost 60%of the global biomass harvest & dominating the
agricultural nitrogen cycle.
Accounts for 40%of global agricultural GDP
It occupies 30%of the world’s land surface and 70%of all agricultural land.
It accounts for over 8%of global water use.
6. Contribution of Livestock and Poultry in the National
Economy of Bangladesh (2017-18) p
Contribution of Livestock in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ( Constant
Prices)
1.54%
GDP growth rate of Livestock ( Constant Prices) 3.40 %
Share of Livestock in Agricultural GDP (Current prices) 13.62%
Employment (Directly 20%
Employment (Partly) 45%
7. Between 1960 and 2005 annual per capita consumption of
Meat more than tripled;
Milk almost doubled;
Eggs increased five
Rising incomes, population growth and urbanization have driven
growth in livestock product demand in the developing world.
9. It has been estimated that livestock production
contributes about 12%–18% of all anthropogenic
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
5%of anthropogenic CO2 emissions;
44%of anthropogenic methane emissions; and
53%of anthropogenic nitrous oxide emissions.
10. Sources of emissions include:
Direct sources such as
Enteric fermentation by ruminants (39% of emissions) and
Manure (26%)
Indirect sources such as
The production, processing and transport of animal feed
(which accounts for 45%of sector emissions).
11. Since 1860
CO2 concentration in atmosphere has increased by
24%.
CH4 concentration in atmosphere has doubled.
Mean global temperature has increased by 2 0F.
10 hottest years on record have occurred since 1980.
Evidence for Global Warming
13. Global warming is the cause, climate change is the
effect.
Climate change directly affects the health,
reproduction, nutrition etc. of animals resulting in:
Poor performance
Inferior product quality
Outbreak of novel diseases
14. IMPACT ON ENERGY BALANCE AND
METABOLISM
Negative energy balance-
Increased level of circulating insulin.
20-30%more maintenance energy requirement .
Decreased nutrient absorption.
Reduction in blood glucose levels.
15. IMPACTS ON MILK PRODUCTION
Reduction in milk production.
35%due to decreased feed intake .
65%due to direct effect of thermal stress.
Quantity of milk protein and solid not fat (SNF)
reduces.
1.8 million tonnes total milk production in India
decreases due to global warming impact, accounting to
a whopping Rs. 2661.62 crores per year
16. IMPACTS ON ANIMAL HEALTH
Simple physiological disturbances, organ dysfunction o
even death.
Cardiovascular disturbances.
Reduced disease resistance of the animals.
Reduced liver function and oxidative stress.
Negative energy balance which compromise health.
Nutrient absorption from GIT decreases.
19. An integrated approach to production of trees and animals on the same
piece of land.
Important for carbon sequestration, improved feed and consequently reduced
enteric methane.
Shade trees reduce heat stress on animals and help increase productivity.
Trees can help reduce overgrazing and curb land degradation.
AGROFORESTRY
PRACTICES
20. IMPROVED WASTE MANAGEMENT
Improved livestock diets, as well as feed additives and proper manure
storage. (FAO, 2006)
Capture of CH4 by covering manure storage facilities (biogas collector
Cover manure storage and reduce storage time.
Reduce moisture.
Manure acidification.
Most methane emissions from manure derive from swine and beef cattle
feedlots and dairies
21. MITIGATION THROUGH BIOTECHNOLOGIES
Immunization and biological control:
Vaccines against methanogens in the rumen
Vaccine would stimulate the ruminant’s immune system to produce
antibodies against methane-producing methanogens.
The highly diverse methanogen community and replacement of the
ecological niche left by the targeted species by another
methanogens might account for immunization failures.
22. PLANT SECONDARY METABOLITES
Tannins: Direct or indirect effect on hydrogen production due to lower feed
degradation .
Condensed tannin reduced CH4 production in small ruminants by up to 30%
without altering digestibility
Saponin-containing plants is a possible means of suppressing or eliminating
protozoa in the rumen without inhibiting bacterial activity
Tea saponin decreased methanogenesis (8%) as well as the protozoal
abundance (50%).
Garlic oil and some of its components decreased CH4 production
23. CONCLUSION
Livestock contribution to environmental problems is on a
massive scale and its potential contribution to their solution is
equally large.
The impact is so significant that it needs to be addressed with
urgency.