Improved feeding and forages at a crossroads: Farming systems approaches for sustainable livestock development in East Africa

Autores
Paul, Birthe K.; Groot, Jeroen C.J.; Maass, Brigitte L.; Notenbaert, An Mo; Herrero, Mario; Tittonell, Pablo Adrian
Año de publicación
2020
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inglés
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artículo
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versión publicada
Descripción
Dairy development provides substantial potential economic opportunities for smallholder farmers in East Africa, but productivity is constrained by the scarcity of quantity and quality feed. Ruminant livestock production is also associated with negative environmental impacts, including greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, air pollution, high water consumption, land-use change, and loss of biodiversity. Improved livestock feeding and forages have been highlighted as key entry point to sustainable intensification, increasing food security, and decreasing environmental trade-offs including GHG emission intensities. In this perspective article, we argue that farming systems approaches are essential to understand the multiple roles and impacts of forages in smallholder livelihoods. First, we outline the unique position of forages in crop-livestock systems and systemic obstacles to adoption that call for multidisciplinary thinking. Second, we discuss the importance of matching forage technologies with agroecological and socioeconomic contexts and niches, and systems agronomy that is required. Third, we demonstrate the usefulness of farming systems modeling to estimate multidimensional impacts of forages and for reducing agro-environmental trade-offs. We conclude that improved forages in East Africa are at a crossroads: if adopted by farmers at scale, they can be a cornerstone of pathways toward sustainable livestock systems in East Africa.
EEA Bariloche
Fil: Paul, Birthe K. International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT).Tropical Forages Program; Kenia
Fil: Paul, Birthe K. Wageningen University and Research. Department of Farming Systems Ecology; Países Bajos
Fil: Groot, Jeroen C.J. Wageningen University and Research. Department of Farming Systems Ecology; Países Bajos
Fil: Maass, Brigitte L. Georg-August-University of Göttingen. Department for Crop Sciences. Division of Crop Production Systems in the Tropics; Alemania
Fil: Notenbaert, An Mo. International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT).Tropical Forages Program; Kenia
Notenbaert, An Mo. Wageningen University and Research. Department of Farming Systems Ecology; Países Bajos
Fil. Herrero, Mario. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO). Agriculture and Food; Australia
Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias; Argentina
Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrián. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas; Argentina
Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Groningen University. Institute of Evolutionary Life Science; Países Bajos
Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Universite de Montpellier. Centre de cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Developpement. Agroecologie et Intensification Durable; Francia
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Outlook on Agriculture 49 (1) : 13-20 (2020)
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Sistemas de Explotación
Alimentación del Ganado
Intensificación Sostenible
Adopción de Tecnología
Farming Systems
Livestock Feeding
Sustainable Intensification
Technology Adoption
Sub-saharan
Sub-sahariano
Africa
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spelling Improved feeding and forages at a crossroads: Farming systems approaches for sustainable livestock development in East AfricaPaul, Birthe K.Groot, Jeroen C.J.Maass, Brigitte L.Notenbaert, An MoHerrero, MarioTittonell, Pablo AdrianSistemas de ExplotaciónAlimentación del GanadoIntensificación SostenibleAdopción de TecnologíaFarming SystemsLivestock FeedingSustainable IntensificationTechnology AdoptionSub-saharanSub-saharianoAfricaDairy development provides substantial potential economic opportunities for smallholder farmers in East Africa, but productivity is constrained by the scarcity of quantity and quality feed. Ruminant livestock production is also associated with negative environmental impacts, including greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, air pollution, high water consumption, land-use change, and loss of biodiversity. Improved livestock feeding and forages have been highlighted as key entry point to sustainable intensification, increasing food security, and decreasing environmental trade-offs including GHG emission intensities. In this perspective article, we argue that farming systems approaches are essential to understand the multiple roles and impacts of forages in smallholder livelihoods. First, we outline the unique position of forages in crop-livestock systems and systemic obstacles to adoption that call for multidisciplinary thinking. Second, we discuss the importance of matching forage technologies with agroecological and socioeconomic contexts and niches, and systems agronomy that is required. Third, we demonstrate the usefulness of farming systems modeling to estimate multidimensional impacts of forages and for reducing agro-environmental trade-offs. We conclude that improved forages in East Africa are at a crossroads: if adopted by farmers at scale, they can be a cornerstone of pathways toward sustainable livestock systems in East Africa.EEA BarilocheFil: Paul, Birthe K. International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT).Tropical Forages Program; KeniaFil: Paul, Birthe K. Wageningen University and Research. Department of Farming Systems Ecology; Países BajosFil: Groot, Jeroen C.J. Wageningen University and Research. Department of Farming Systems Ecology; Países BajosFil: Maass, Brigitte L. Georg-August-University of Göttingen. Department for Crop Sciences. Division of Crop Production Systems in the Tropics; AlemaniaFil: Notenbaert, An Mo. International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT).Tropical Forages Program; KeniaNotenbaert, An Mo. Wageningen University and Research. Department of Farming Systems Ecology; Países BajosFil. Herrero, Mario. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO). Agriculture and Food; AustraliaFil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias; ArgentinaFil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrián. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas; ArgentinaFil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Groningen University. Institute of Evolutionary Life Science; Países BajosFil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Universite de Montpellier. Centre de cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Developpement. Agroecologie et Intensification Durable; FranciaSAGE Publishing2023-08-28T17:03:30Z2023-08-28T17:03:30Z2020info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/15032https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00307270209061702043-68660030-7270https://doi.org/10.1177/0030727020906170Outlook on Agriculture 49 (1) : 13-20 (2020)reponame:INTA Digital (INTA)instname:Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuariaenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)2026-02-05T12:53:06Zoai:localhost:20.500.12123/15032instacron:INTAInstitucionalhttp://repositorio.inta.gob.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://repositorio.inta.gob.ar/oai/requesttripaldi.nicolas@inta.gob.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:l2026-02-05 12:53:07.024INTA Digital (INTA) - Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuariafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Improved feeding and forages at a crossroads: Farming systems approaches for sustainable livestock development in East Africa
title Improved feeding and forages at a crossroads: Farming systems approaches for sustainable livestock development in East Africa
spellingShingle Improved feeding and forages at a crossroads: Farming systems approaches for sustainable livestock development in East Africa
Paul, Birthe K.
Sistemas de Explotación
Alimentación del Ganado
Intensificación Sostenible
Adopción de Tecnología
Farming Systems
Livestock Feeding
Sustainable Intensification
Technology Adoption
Sub-saharan
Sub-sahariano
Africa
title_short Improved feeding and forages at a crossroads: Farming systems approaches for sustainable livestock development in East Africa
title_full Improved feeding and forages at a crossroads: Farming systems approaches for sustainable livestock development in East Africa
title_fullStr Improved feeding and forages at a crossroads: Farming systems approaches for sustainable livestock development in East Africa
title_full_unstemmed Improved feeding and forages at a crossroads: Farming systems approaches for sustainable livestock development in East Africa
title_sort Improved feeding and forages at a crossroads: Farming systems approaches for sustainable livestock development in East Africa
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Paul, Birthe K.
Groot, Jeroen C.J.
Maass, Brigitte L.
Notenbaert, An Mo
Herrero, Mario
Tittonell, Pablo Adrian
author Paul, Birthe K.
author_facet Paul, Birthe K.
Groot, Jeroen C.J.
Maass, Brigitte L.
Notenbaert, An Mo
Herrero, Mario
Tittonell, Pablo Adrian
author_role author
author2 Groot, Jeroen C.J.
Maass, Brigitte L.
Notenbaert, An Mo
Herrero, Mario
Tittonell, Pablo Adrian
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Sistemas de Explotación
Alimentación del Ganado
Intensificación Sostenible
Adopción de Tecnología
Farming Systems
Livestock Feeding
Sustainable Intensification
Technology Adoption
Sub-saharan
Sub-sahariano
Africa
topic Sistemas de Explotación
Alimentación del Ganado
Intensificación Sostenible
Adopción de Tecnología
Farming Systems
Livestock Feeding
Sustainable Intensification
Technology Adoption
Sub-saharan
Sub-sahariano
Africa
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Dairy development provides substantial potential economic opportunities for smallholder farmers in East Africa, but productivity is constrained by the scarcity of quantity and quality feed. Ruminant livestock production is also associated with negative environmental impacts, including greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, air pollution, high water consumption, land-use change, and loss of biodiversity. Improved livestock feeding and forages have been highlighted as key entry point to sustainable intensification, increasing food security, and decreasing environmental trade-offs including GHG emission intensities. In this perspective article, we argue that farming systems approaches are essential to understand the multiple roles and impacts of forages in smallholder livelihoods. First, we outline the unique position of forages in crop-livestock systems and systemic obstacles to adoption that call for multidisciplinary thinking. Second, we discuss the importance of matching forage technologies with agroecological and socioeconomic contexts and niches, and systems agronomy that is required. Third, we demonstrate the usefulness of farming systems modeling to estimate multidimensional impacts of forages and for reducing agro-environmental trade-offs. We conclude that improved forages in East Africa are at a crossroads: if adopted by farmers at scale, they can be a cornerstone of pathways toward sustainable livestock systems in East Africa.
EEA Bariloche
Fil: Paul, Birthe K. International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT).Tropical Forages Program; Kenia
Fil: Paul, Birthe K. Wageningen University and Research. Department of Farming Systems Ecology; Países Bajos
Fil: Groot, Jeroen C.J. Wageningen University and Research. Department of Farming Systems Ecology; Países Bajos
Fil: Maass, Brigitte L. Georg-August-University of Göttingen. Department for Crop Sciences. Division of Crop Production Systems in the Tropics; Alemania
Fil: Notenbaert, An Mo. International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT).Tropical Forages Program; Kenia
Notenbaert, An Mo. Wageningen University and Research. Department of Farming Systems Ecology; Países Bajos
Fil. Herrero, Mario. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO). Agriculture and Food; Australia
Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias; Argentina
Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrián. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas; Argentina
Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Groningen University. Institute of Evolutionary Life Science; Países Bajos
Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Universite de Montpellier. Centre de cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Developpement. Agroecologie et Intensification Durable; Francia
description Dairy development provides substantial potential economic opportunities for smallholder farmers in East Africa, but productivity is constrained by the scarcity of quantity and quality feed. Ruminant livestock production is also associated with negative environmental impacts, including greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, air pollution, high water consumption, land-use change, and loss of biodiversity. Improved livestock feeding and forages have been highlighted as key entry point to sustainable intensification, increasing food security, and decreasing environmental trade-offs including GHG emission intensities. In this perspective article, we argue that farming systems approaches are essential to understand the multiple roles and impacts of forages in smallholder livelihoods. First, we outline the unique position of forages in crop-livestock systems and systemic obstacles to adoption that call for multidisciplinary thinking. Second, we discuss the importance of matching forage technologies with agroecological and socioeconomic contexts and niches, and systems agronomy that is required. Third, we demonstrate the usefulness of farming systems modeling to estimate multidimensional impacts of forages and for reducing agro-environmental trade-offs. We conclude that improved forages in East Africa are at a crossroads: if adopted by farmers at scale, they can be a cornerstone of pathways toward sustainable livestock systems in East Africa.
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