High-yield dairy cattle breeds improve farmer incomes, curtail greenhouse gas emissions and reduce dairy import dependency in Tanzania

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationLancaster Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationCenter for International Forestry Researchen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Queenslanden
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Wisconsinen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Readingen
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.contributor.donorInternational Fund for Agricultural Developmenten
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeSustainable Animal Productivity
cg.coverage.countryTanzania
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZ
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africa
cg.creator.identifierAmos Omore: 0000-0001-9213-9891
cg.creator.identifierPolly Ericksen: 0000-0002-5775-7691
cg.creator.identifierMariana Rufino: 0000-0003-4293-3290
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00633-5en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2662-1355en
cg.issue11en
cg.journalNature Fooden
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL PRODUCTIONen
cg.subject.ilriCATTLEen
cg.subject.ilriDAIRYINGen
cg.subject.ilriGHG EMISSIONSen
cg.subject.ilriLIVELIHOODSen
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen
cg.subject.ilriPOLICYen
cg.subject.ilriRESEARCHen
cg.volume3en
dc.contributor.authorHawkins, J.W.en
dc.contributor.authorKomarek, A.M.en
dc.contributor.authorKihoro, Estheren
dc.contributor.authorNicholson, C.F.en
dc.contributor.authorOmore, Amos O.en
dc.contributor.authorYesuf, G.U.en
dc.contributor.authorEricksen, Polly J.en
dc.contributor.authorSchoneveld, G.R.en
dc.contributor.authorRufino, Mariana C.en
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-06T16:34:26Zen
dc.date.available2022-12-06T16:34:26Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/125807
dc.titleHigh-yield dairy cattle breeds improve farmer incomes, curtail greenhouse gas emissions and reduce dairy import dependency in Tanzaniaen
dcterms.abstractTanzania’s dairy sector is poorly developed, creating reliance on imports for processed, value-added dairy products and threatening food security, particularly when supply chains are disrupted due to market volatility or armed conflicts. The Tanzanian Dairy Development Roadmap is a domestic development initiative that aims to achieve dairy self-sufficiency by 2030. Here, we model different outcomes of the roadmap, finding that adoption of high-yield cattle breeds is essential for reducing dairy import dependency. Avoided land use change resulting from fewer, higher yielding dairy cattle would lead to lower greenhouse gas emissions. Dairy producers’ average incomes could increase despite capital expenditure and land allocation required for the adoption of high-yield breeds. Our findings demonstrate the importance of bottom-up development policies for sustainable food system transformations, which also support food sovereignty, increase incomes for smallholder farmers and contribute towards Tanzania’s commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2022-11-16
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHawkins, J. W., Komarek, A. M., Kihoro, E. M., Nicholson, C. F., Omore, A. O., Yesuf, G. U., Ericksen, P. J., Schoneveld, G. C., & Rufino, M. C. (2022). High-yield dairy cattle breeds improve farmer incomes, curtail greenhouse gas emissions and reduce dairy import dependency in Tanzania. In Nature Food (Vol. 3, Issue 11, pp. 957–967). Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00633-5en
dcterms.extentp. 957-967en
dcterms.issued2022-11
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.replaceshttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/127995en
dcterms.subjectcattleen
dcterms.subjectbreedsen
dcterms.subjectgreenhouse gas emissionsen
dcterms.subjectdairyingen
dcterms.subjectdairy cattleen
dcterms.subjectlivestocken
dcterms.subjectdairy productionen
dcterms.subjectcattle breedsen
dcterms.subjectgreenhouse gasesen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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