A framework for assessing the effects of shock events on livestock and environment in sub-Saharan Africa: The COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Kenya

Michael W. Graham, Philemon Chelanga, Nathaniel Jensen, Sonja M. Leitner, Francesco Fava and Lutz Merbold

Agricultural Systems, 2021, vol. 192, issue C

Abstract: Livestock are the primary source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture in most African countries, but there is a paucity of baseline data and monitoring of GHG emissions from livestock in Africa, particularly for extreme or shock events. The COVID-19 pandemic represents a novels shock to livestock systems and may result in indirect effects on livestock emissions and other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Due to the pandemic in 2020, extensive pastoralist livestock systems in Northern Kenya were subjected to restrictions on movement, increased costs of transportation, and closure of livestock markets.

Keywords: Greenhouse gas emissions; Panel survey data; Crowd-sourced data; Pastoralism; Climate change; Herd size; Feed availability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103203

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