Drivers of crops livestock systems change

Project Objectives/Goals: The work would entail developing a synthesis of the drivers that determine the evolution of crop-livestock systems and an identification of research priorities for the SLP for the future Location: The focus of this study is global

Optimizing livelihood and environmental benefits from crop residues in smallholder crop-livestock systems in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: regional case studies

Mixed crop-livestock systems are very dynamic and are evolving rapidly in response to external drivers such as demographic pressure, development of urban markets and increased demand for crop and livestock products, climate variability and change. This study aims at understanding better the...

Identifying livestock-based risk management and coping options to reduce vulnerability to droughts in agro-pastoral and pastoral systems in East and West Africa

This project will identify intervention options at technical, policy, and institutional levels that reduce the vulnerability of livestock keepers and/or communities to climatic shocks, particularly droughts. In pastoral and agro-pastoral systems in East and West Africa, securing livestock assets is important in view of the roles they play in drought mitigation and coping strategies.

Maximizing benefits from crop residues in East Africa through minimizing trade-offs and employing integrated agronomic and institutional interventions