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About one-third of the world’s food supply is produced by small, mostly family-run farms.

These farms integrate livestock with crops in regenerative and circular agricultural systems.
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How are livestock and the environment connected?

Context matters; properly tailored for specific communities and environments, livestock practices serve both.
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Help small-scale livestock keepers adapt to, as well as mitigate, climate change

More sustainable livestock sectors present huge opportunities to help communities adapt to climate change while at the same time lowering their greenhouse gas emissions.
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Enhance small-scale livestock systems to help mitigate climate change

Improving smallholder livestock productivity also reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
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Promote integrated agricultural solutions for optimal use of land and water resources

The land, feed and water requirements of livestock do not need to compete with the food needs of people.
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Use livestock systems to manage land, water and biodiversity resources sustainably

Livestock can be managed to enhance rather than harm the environment.
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Why Livestock Matter - This site was launched as part of the Global Livestock Advocacy for sustainable Development (GLAD) initiative and is maintained by the International Livestock Research Institute.

 
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