CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITIES IN THE LIVESTOCK SECTOR IN NORTH AFRICA, THE CASE OF MOROCCO
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Through this paper, we attempted to spotlight on potential climate change consequences on
North Africa’s livestock sector and possible adaptation measures, it presents a literature
overview of some relevant studies and projects on the subject in Morocco. Probable decrease
in water and feeding resources associated to heat stress and outbreaks of emergent and reemergent
animal diseases underscore the need to act fast and efficiently through exploring
quality data via methodological vulnerability assessment studies. Doing so may point the way
towards appropriate adaptation strategies just in time to anticipate potential damages. Not
doing so may disturb the fragile livestock’s balance between ensuring food security,
supporting livelihoods of rural populations and preserving the environment, in a region where
the socio-economic balance is already bracketed by this year’s wave of the Arab spring.