The impact of COVID-19 on the sustainable intensification of forage-based beef and dairy value chains in Colombia: A blessing and a curse

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dc.creatorBurkart, Stefan
dc.creatorDíaz, Manuel Francisco
dc.creatorEnciso, Karen
dc.creatorCharry, Andrés
dc.creatorTriana Ángel, Natalia
dc.creatorMena, Martín
dc.creatorUrrea Benítez, José Luis
dc.creatorGallo Caro, Irieleth
dc.creatorHoek, Rein van der
dc.date2022-09-30
dc.date2022-11-03T09:34:08Z
dc.date2022-11-03T09:34:08Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T13:25:24Z
dc.descriptionThe COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the difficulties associated with the need to transition the cattle sector in Latin America towards achieving sustainability and created a “double crisis” of pandemic and climate change. The increasing demand for animal sourced foods and the need to address the negative environmental impacts of cattle production, including greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity loss and deforestation, and the implications of climate change on cattle production (prolonged droughts, prolonged rainy seasons, heat stress), have placed strong emphasis on sustainable intensification of forage-based beef and dairy systems for climate change mitigation and adaptation. This is needed to meet the commitments made by many Latin American countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under the Paris Agreement. Through a qualitative approach, this perspective paper reviews the present and potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on progress towards sustainable intensification of the Colombian cattle sector. It also outlines new opportunities for sustainable intensification in Colombia that may provide useful examples for other Latin American countries. Short-term impacts such as: (i) increased input prices, (ii) limited access to inputs, credit, and technical assistance, and (iii) reduced incomes, have limited investment in sustainable intensification along the value chains. Reduced resources for research and development funding, unavailability of skilled and experienced staff, restrictions to travel and person-to-person interactions, in tandem, have caused setbacks in the development and application of sustainable technologies and programs. This has been addressed by increased use of technology for communication but there are difficulties with the broad availability of such technologies, especially farmers. A long-term shift of consumer demand towards more sustainable animal products is occurring and expected to continue, and this should lead to new opportunities for sustainable intensification.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/125323
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/58914
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Center for Tropical Agriculture
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceBurkart, S.; Diaz, M.F.; Enciso Valencia, K.J.; Charry Camacho, A.C.; Triana Ángel, N.; Mena Urbina, M.; Urrea Benítez, J.L.; Gallo Caro, I.; Van der Hoek, R. (2022). The impact of COVID-19 on the sustainable intensification of forage-based beef and dairy value chains in Colombia: A blessing and a curse. Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales 10(3) p. 237–248. ISSN: 2346-3775
dc.subjectcattle
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.subjectcovid-19
dc.subjectpandemics
dc.subjectforage
dc.subjectganado bovino
dc.subjectcambio climático
dc.subjectforrajes
dc.titleThe impact of COVID-19 on the sustainable intensification of forage-based beef and dairy value chains in Colombia: A blessing and a curse
dc.typeJournal Article

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