Sufferer and cause: Indian livestock and climate change |
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| Authors: | Smita Sirohi Axel Michaelowa |
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| Institution: | (1) Dept. of Dairy Economics, Statistics & Management, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, 132001, India;(2) International Climate Policy, Hamburg Institute of International Economics, Neuer Junfernstieg 21- 20347, Hamburg, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Climate change poses formidable challenge to the development of livestock sector in India. The anticipated rise in temperature
between 2.3 and 4.8°C over the entire country together with increased precipitation resulting from climate change is likely
to aggravate the heat stress in dairy animals, adversely affecting their productive and reproductive performance, and hence
reducing the total area where high yielding dairy cattle can be economically reared. Given the vulnerability of India to rise
in sea level, the impact of increased intensity of extreme events on the livestock sector would be large and devastating for
the low-income rural areas. The predicted negative impact of climate change on Indian agriculture would also adversely affect
livestock production by aggravating the feed and fodder shortages. The livestock sector which will be a sufferer of climate
change is itself a large source of methane emissions, an important greenhouse gas. In India, although the emission rate per
animal is much lower than the developed countries, due to vast livestock population the total annual methane emissions are
about 9–10 Tg from enteric fermentation and animal wastes. |
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