Assessing the environmental impacts of livestock and fish production

Posted on 10 February 2017 by Peter Ballantyne (ILRI) • Leave a comment

In late 2016, the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish produced several synthesis products, including a series of briefs on ex-ante environment impact assessment work carried out between 2012 and 2016. This brief introduces the justification for this work and the different streams of work to develop and test tools to assess the environmental impacts of livestock and fish production in developing countries. Continue reading →

Aquaculture / Egypt / Fish / FISHCRP / Impact Assessment / LIVESTOCK-FISH / LIVESTOCKCRP / North Africa / Research / Systems Analysis / Targeting / WorldFish

Using the life cycle assessment approach to assess the environmental impacts of fish production in Egypt

Posted on 7 February 2017 by Peter Ballantyne (ILRI) • Leave a comment

In late 2016, the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish produced several synthesis products, including a series of briefs on ex-ante environment impact assessment work carried out between 2012 and 2016. One of the approaches used (in Egypt) was life cycle assessment (LCA). The program has produced two briefs from this experience – the first introducing LCA; the second reporting from an application of the approach in the Egyptian aquaculture value chain. Continue reading →

Cattle / CIAT / Dairying / Environment / ILRI / Impact Assessment / Livestock / LIVESTOCK-FISH / LIVESTOCKCRP / Nicaragua / Research / SLS / Systems Analysis / Tanzania / Targeting / Value Chains

Using the CLEANED approach to assess the environmental impacts of livestock production

Posted on 3 February 2017 by Peter Ballantyne (ILRI) • Leave a comment

In late 2016, the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish produced several synthesis products, including a series of briefs on ex-ante environment impact assessment work carried out between 2012 and 2016. One of the approaches was to develop the CLEANED (Comprehensive Livestock Environmental Assessment for Improved Nutrition, a Secured Environment and Sustainable Development along Livestock and Fish Value Chains) tool to help users explore and assess the multiple environmental impacts of intensifying livestock value chains in developing countries. Continue reading →

Animal Feeding / Cattle / CCAFS / CGIAR / CIAT / Climate Change / Feeds / Forages / Intensification / Livestock / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Research / South America / Systems Analysis / Targeting

What’s the beef? Giving livestock a break in Colombia

Posted on 22 June 2016 by Peter Ballantyne (ILRI) • Leave a comment

Cows are regularly portrayed as evil: four-legged, four-stomached, greenhouse gas machines chomping through forests and destroying the planet. It’s no wonder the idea of a climate-smart livestock system sounds like an oxymoron. Nevertheless, you can get a glimpse of these systems in Colombia’s mountainous, Cauca Department. Patía is also a microcosm of Colombia’s livestock conundrum. … Continue reading →

Africa / CGIAR / CIAT / Climate Change / Environment / Impact Assessment / Livestock / LIVESTOCK-FISH / SLS / Systems Analysis / Targeting / Value Chains

Prioritizing climate-smart livestock interventions in Africa

Posted on 21 June 2016 by Peter Ballantyne (ILRI) • Leave a comment

In this paper, the authors provide a generic framework for evaluating and prioritizing potential interventions comprising the mapping of recommendation domains, assessing adoption potential and estimating impacts. Continue reading →

Article / CIAT / Crop-Livestock / Environment / Feeds / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Research / Systems Analysis / Value Chains

Do smallholder, mixed crop-livestock livelihoods encourage sustainable agricultural practices?

Posted on 10 May 2016 by Peter Ballantyne (ILRI) • Leave a comment

The authors examine by means of a meta-analysis the argument that small-scale, mixed crop-livestock farming, a common livelihood among poor rural peoples, leads to environmentally sustainable agricultural practices. Continue reading →

Africa / ASSP / Cattle / Dairying / Environment / ILRI / Impact Assessment / Livestock / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Research / Southern Africa / Systems Analysis / Tanzania / Targeting

Mapping the Tanzanian dairy industry: Farming systems, infrastructure and natural resources

Posted on 25 August 2015 by Peter Ballantyne (ILRI) • Leave a comment

In a series of workshops, industry stakeholders in Tanzania recently gathered to map the location of dairy farming systems, prominent farms, dairy industry infrastructure and natural resources. Stakeholders then worked through scenarios of how the industry could develop over a 10 year time horizon – mapping the associated changes. Continue reading →

Aquaculture / Environment / Fish / Impact Assessment / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Systems Analysis / Targeting / WorldFish

Environmental risk analysis in aquaculture report for Livestock and Fish

Posted on 8 May 2015 by Evelyn Katingi • Leave a comment

The report provides a brief and generalized introduction to the specific steps of an environmental risk analysis. This publication is based on materials covered and outputs generated during the Workshop on Risk Assessment Methodologies and Tools for Aquaculture in Sub-Saharan Africa. Continue reading →

Cattle / Dairying / East Africa / Environment / ILRI / Livestock / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Research / SLS / Systems Analysis / Tanzania / Targeting

A review of environmental impact assessment frameworks for livestock production systems

Posted on 25 March 2015 by Peter Ballantyne (ILRI) • Leave a comment

This study, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, reviews the currently available tools for and approaches to assessing the environmental impacts of livestock production systems. Continue reading →

CGIAR / East Africa / HUMIDTROPICSCRP / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Pigs / Systems Analysis / Uganda / Value Chains

Linking farmers to value chains in Uganda

Posted on 23 March 2015 by Brian Kawuma • 2 Comments

ILRI and partners have been undertaking research into the factors influencing the successful inclusion of small farmers in modern value chains around the Lake Victoria Basin area in Uganda. This research is funded by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) as part of a research grant on inclusive value chains. Continue reading →

CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish

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