Climate change impact and adaptation in agricultural systems of Australia and Brazil
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Paper/Presentation Title | Climate change impact and adaptation in agricultural systems of Australia and Brazil |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Ghahramani, Afshin (Author), Berndt, Alexandre (Author), Cobon, David (Author), Banhazi, Thomas (Author) and Ji, Boyu (Author) |
Editors | Parapinski, Marina, Carbonare, Maryon Strack Dalle and Schmidt, Patrick |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 54th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Animal Science |
Number of Pages | 15 |
Year | 2017 |
Place of Publication | Foz do Iguacu, Brazil |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://www.sbz.org.br/reuniao2017/en/speakers |
Conference/Event | 54th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Animal Science: A new View of Animal Science: Challenges and Perspectives |
Event Details | 54th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Animal Science: A new View of Animal Science: Challenges and Perspectives Event Date 24 to end of 28 Jun 2017 Event Location Foz do Iguacu, Brasil |
Abstract | Climate and atmospheric change are projected to have a negative impact on productivity and profitability of livestock industries in grasslands and rangelands across the Australia and Brazil. Moderately elevated atmospheric CO2 is expected to increase plant production rates but in Australia it is unlikely that fertilisation effect of elevated CO2 on plant production be able to offset the total negative effects. The impacts of climate change on livestock industry will be mostly through decline in forage production and quality, and direct heat stress on animals. These impacts are predicted to vary among regions and livestock enterprises with the greater effect in low rainfall regions. A range of adaptation options projected to be helpful to decrease negative impacts of climate change. These are mostly options to reconfigure current grassland management and breeding animals with genetic suitable for projected climate change. In drier zones or regions with greater changes in climate, there will be need for systemic or transformative adaptations which are significant change in the nature and composition of current systems. Overall, there is an obvious need for research and attention of the policy makers into the impact of climate change on livestock industries and effective actions to sustain productivity of current grazing systems. |
Keywords | climate change, grazing system, ecosystem health, food security, yield gap, livestock production gap |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 300207. Agricultural systems analysis and modelling |
300402. Agro-ecosystem function and prediction | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Institute for Agriculture and the Environment |
Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Brazil | |
International Centre for Applied Climate Science | |
National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q4934/climate-change-impact-and-adaptation-in-agricultural-systems-of-australia-and-brazil
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