CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITIES IN THE LIVESTOCK SECTOR IN NORTH AFRICA, THE CASE OF MOROCCO

Fouad Bergigui

No 188424, 2011 Conference: Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture, December 6-7, 2011, Rabat, Morocco from Moroccan Association of Agricultural Economics (AMAEco)

Abstract: Through this paper, we attempted to spotlight on potential climate change consequences on North Africa’s livestock sector and possible adaptation measures, it presents a literature overview of some relevant studies and projects on the subject in Morocco. Probable decrease in water and feeding resources associated to heat stress and outbreaks of emergent and reemergent animal diseases underscore the need to act fast and efficiently through exploring quality data via methodological vulnerability assessment studies. Doing so may point the way towards appropriate adaptation strategies just in time to anticipate potential damages. Not doing so may disturb the fragile livestock’s balance between ensuring food security, supporting livelihoods of rural populations and preserving the environment, in a region where the socio-economic balance is already bracketed by this year’s wave of the Arab spring.

Keywords: Environmental Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 15
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.188424

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