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Kyrgyzstan is a livestock country. A large part of the country’s land area serves as pasture for its 1.7 million cattle and 6.3 million sheep and goats. Pastoral and...

CONTEXT Colombia has a total of 27.2 million heads of cattle, ranking fourth among the Latin American countries. Identifying sustainable strategies to mitigate greenhouse gas...

Foodborne disease poses several major threats toward attaining sustainable improvements in food and nutrition security (FNS), on a global scale. These threats have numerous...

Demand for animal-source foods is increasing globally, driven by population growth and changing dietary preferences. In global south countries, low compliance with good agricultural practices and food...

Protein has a singularly prominent place in discussions about food. It symbolises fitness, strength and masculinity, motherhood and care. It is the preferred macronutrient of affluence and education...

Food security and animal-sourced food product consumption is still low in Tanzania, linked to malnutrition, especially among children under five years old. Moreover, the vast...

Livestock are key in combating and adapting to climate change in Kyrgyzstan. Pasture conditions are worse than at the beginning of the century due to unsustainable management practices, exacerbated by climate...

Total utilised agricultural area (UAA) is projected to slightly decline over the outlook period, to 160.5 million hectares in 2031. This reduction is due to lower yields making...

The recent upsurge in agricultural input prices has triggered considerable alarm about rising costs of food production, which in a free market economy will be...

The narrative that ‘meat and milk are bad’ because livestock production is a major greenhouse gas emitter is widespread, promoted by international agencies, campaign groups, corporations and governments...