Carbon and financial performance and opportunities for silvopastoral systems

Tyron Venn

No 391427, 2025: Progress and Prospects for Climate-Resilient Agrifood Systems: Actionable Recommendations for Policymakers and Practitioners, 11-12 August from Crawford Fund

Abstract: Mitigating climate risk requires substantial changes to socio-economic systems, including livestock production, which accounts for approximately 14% of global anthropogenic carbon emissions. Growing pasture, trees and livestock on the same land management unit in silvopastoral systems provides opportunities to increase farm financial performance while substantially reducing the carbon-intensity of livestock production. In timber-producing silvopastoral systems, a timber income stream can be generated after carbon credit payments diminish. Case studies are presented for Australia and Fiji. Increased adoption of silvopastoral systems by landholders requires long-term rights to benefit from sustainable vegetation management, as well as the development of carbon credit methods that permit natural vegetation management and account for international and domestic leakage.

Keywords: Livestock; Production/Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 4
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.391427

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