Sectors and Themes
Agriculture
Scale
National
Expertise Level
Generalist
Practitioner
Specialist
Resource Type
Technical Support
Language
English
French
Spanish
Other
Membership Requirement
No
Support Type
e-Learning
Developer or Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
This course analyses the role of livestock production in climate-smart agriculture. It describes the importance of livestock production to food security and identifies adaptation and mitigation strategies and practices along the entire livestock supply chain. It also illustrates how livestock keeping is itself an adaptation strategy and how the sector can contribute to the global mitigation effort.