How to avoid unsustainable side effects of managing climate risk in drylands — The supplementary feeding controversy

Birgit Müller, Jule Schulze, David Kreuer, Anja Linstädter and Karin Frank

Agricultural Systems, 2015, vol. 139, issue C, 153-165

Abstract: The increase in climate risk is of great concern in drylands. Providing livestock with supplementary fodder has become a widely used strategy for coping with this risk. However, its application is controversial. On the one hand, this form of supplementation allows smallholders to avoid a breakdown in animal numbers in times of drought. On the other hand, it keeps herd sizes high and may thus result in rangeland degradation in the long term.

Keywords: Rangelands; Ecological–economic simulation model; Semi-arid; Sustainable land use; Livestock grazing; Morocco (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2015.07.001

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