Smart investments in sustainable food production: Revisiting mixed crop-livestock systems

Science

Volumn 327, Issue 5967, 2010, Pages 822-825

  Herrero, M ^a   Thornton, P K ^a   Notenbaert, A M ^a   Wood, S ^b   Msangi, S ^b   Freeman, H A ^c   Bossio, D ^d   Dixon, J ^e   Peters, M ^f   Van De Steeg, J ^g   Lynam, J ^g   Rao, Parthasarathy ^h   MacMillan, S ^a   Gerard, B ⁱ   McDermott, J ^a   Sere C ^a   Rosegrant, M ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK GROUP   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^e Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research   (Australia)

^f INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^g Independent Consultant   (Kenya)

^h INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

ⁱ CGIAR Systemwide Livestock Programme   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; WATER;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD PRODUCTION; MAIZE; MANURE; POPULATION GROWTH; SMALLHOLDER;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGROECOSYSTEM; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEEDING; FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; GRASS; GRAZING; INCOME; INVESTMENT; LIVESTOCK; MAIZE; MANURE; MARKET; MILK; MILLET; POLICY; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RICE; SORGHUM; TECHNOLOGY; WASTE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD SUPPLY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOCHLOA COLONA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 76749106669     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1183725     Document Type: Review

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