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	United Nations (2014): Agriculture: Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture Action Plan, Climate Summit 2014. Online: [http://www.un.org/climatechange/summit/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/09/AGRICULTURE-Action-Plan.pdf http://www.un.org/climatechange/summit/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/09/AGRICULTURE-Action-Plan.pdf]		United Nations (2014): Agriculture: Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture Action Plan, Climate Summit 2014. Online: [http://www.un.org/climatechange/summit/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/09/AGRICULTURE-Action-Plan.pdf http://www.un.org/climatechange/summit/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/09/AGRICULTURE-Action-Plan.pdf]

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 *Increased '''complexity''' by increased '''interdependency''' of the factors above<br/>
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-'''Climate:''' The long-term average weather conditions (usually taken over a period of more than 30 years as defined by the World Meteorological Organization, WMO) of a region including typical weather patterns such as the frequency and intensity of storms, cold spells, and heat waves.<br/>
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-'''Climate Variability: '''Variations in the mean state and other statistics (e.g. standard deviations or the occurrence of extreme events) of the climate on all temporal and spatial scales beyond that of individual weather events. Variability may be due to natural external processes outside the earth system, or to natural or anthropogenic internal forcing.
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-'''Climate Change '''Refers to any change in climate over time, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity (IPCC).
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-This usage differs from that in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which defines climate change as: ‘a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods’ AMCEN (2011)
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-'''Climate:''' The long-term average weather conditions (usually taken over a period of more than 30 years as defined by the World Meteorological Organization, WMO) of a region including typical weather patterns such as the frequency and intensity of storms, cold spells, and heat waves.
+'''Climate:''' The long-term average weather conditions (usually taken over a period of more than 30 years as defined by the World Meteorological Organization, WMO) of a region including typical weather patterns such as the frequency and intensity of storms, cold spells, and heat waves.<br/>
 '''Climate Variability: '''Variations in the mean state and other statistics (e.g. standard deviations or the occurrence of extreme events) of the climate on all temporal and spatial scales beyond that of individual weather events. Variability may be due to natural external processes outside the earth system, or to natural or anthropogenic internal forcing.
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 The agricultural sector plays a highly important role in many countries’ economies. In Chad and Somalia for example, it still accounts for 52.4% and 68.3% of the GDP, respectively, while in Germany this number is only 0.6%. (World Bank, 2015) The livestock sector, supporting about 1.3 billion producers and retailers, contributes 40–50% of agricultural GDP. (Herrero et al., 2016) These numbers demonstrate the '''great economic importance in developing countries''' as well as for smallholder farmers with low financial resources. Most poor livestock keepers live in '''South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa''' and their absolute numbers are increasing. (Robinson et al., 2011)<br/>
-About 50-75% of '''the world’s extreme poor''' depend on agriculture as part of their livelihood. Livestock provides them with a wide range of products and services including '''food, transportation, fiber, fuel and fertilizer'''. A variety of characteristics makes livestock a crucial contributor to sustainable rural development. Livestock products provide an example of '''high-value marketable agricultural produce''' that can be produced at small-scale and are therefore important for '''poverty reduction'''. The products’ relatively high income elasticity makes livestock particularly attractive as a means for rural households to participate in urban-based economic growth. Livestock is also a productive asset and directly contributes to farm output through animal traction as well as indirectly as a '''store of wealth''' for future investment. Furthermore, they contribute to soil fertility and recycling of agricultural waste. (FAO, 2016b)
+About 50-75% of '''the world’s extreme poor''' depend on agriculture as part of their livelihood. Livestock provides them with a wide range of products and services including '''food, transportation, fiber, fuel and fertilizer'''. A variety of characteristics makes livestock a crucial contributor to sustainable rural development. Livestock products provide an example of '''high-value marketable agricultural produce''' that can be produced at small-scale and are therefore important for '''poverty reduction'''. The products’ relatively high income elasticity makes livestock particularly attractive as a means for rural households to participate in urban-based economic growth. Livestock is also a productive asset and it directly contributes to farm output through animal traction as well as indirectly as a '''store of wealth''' for future investment. Furthermore, they contribute to soil fertility and recycling of agricultural waste. (FAO, 2016b)<br/>
 Many livestock keepers directly benefit from the increasing demand for livestock products which lies at 6-8% annually. Also increasing labor demand, linkages with the feed and processing industry as well as food security through stronger supply consequent lower prices for animal products can benefit smallholder farmers. The potential contribution of the livestock sector development to the livelihood of the poor is thus very significant. (FAO, 2016b) Finally, many grazing systems '''make use of land that is unsuitable for crop production''' and therefore provide animal products without competing with the production of crops for direct human consumption. (FAO, 2015)
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Antonia Bosse at 08:42, 1 March 2018

Antonia Bosse at 15:34, 28 February 2018

Antonia Bosse at 15:28, 28 February 2018

Antonia Bosse: Created page with " = '''Introduction''' = There has been '''rapid global expansion of production and consumption of animal products''' which is expected to '''continue to grow'''. The eme..."

Antonia Bosse: Created page with " = '''Introduction'''
= There has been '''rapid global expansion of production and consumption of animal products''' which is expected to '''continue to grow'''. The eme..."