A shift from cattle to camel and goat farming can sustain milk production with lower inputs and emissions in north sub-Saharan Africa’s drylands

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dc.creatorRahimi, Jaber
dc.creatorFillol, Erwann
dc.creatorMutua, John Y.
dc.creatorCinardi, Giuseppina
dc.creatorRobinson, Timothy P.
dc.creatorNotenbaert, An Maria Omer
dc.creatorEricksen, Polly J.
dc.creatorGraham, Michael W.
dc.creatorButterbach-Bahl, Klaus
dc.date2022-07-21
dc.date2022-07-27T10:33:49Z
dc.date2022-07-27T10:33:49Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T13:30:45Z
dc.descriptionClimate change is increasingly putting milk production from cattle-based dairy systems in north sub-Saharan Africa (NSSA) under stress, threatening livelihoods and food security. Here we combine livestock heat stress frequency, dry matter feed production and water accessibility data to understand where environmental changes in NSSA’s drylands are jeopardizing cattle milk production. We show that environmental conditions worsened for ∼17% of the study area. Increasing goat and camel populations by ∼14% (∼7.7 million) and ∼10% (∼1.2 million), respectively, while reducing the dairy cattle population by ∼24% (∼5.9 million), could result in ∼0.14 Mt (+5.7%) higher milk production, lower water (−1,683.6 million m3, −15.3%) and feed resource (−404.3 Mt, −11.2%) demand—and lower dairy emissions by ∼1,224.6 MtCO2e (−7.9%). Shifting herd composition from cattle towards the inclusion of, or replacement with, goats and camels can secure milk production and support NSSA’s dairy production resilience against climate change.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/120305
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/61712
dc.languageen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceRahimi, J., Fillol, E., Mutua, J.Y., Cinardi, G., Robinson, T.P., Notenbaert, A.M.O., Ericksen, P.J., Graham, M.W. and Butterbach-Bahl , K. 2022. A shift from cattle to camel and goat farming can sustain milk production with lower inputs and emissions in north sub-Saharan Africa’s drylands. Nature Food 3:523–531.
dc.subjectdairying
dc.subjectmilk production
dc.subjectcamels
dc.subjectgoats
dc.titleA shift from cattle to camel and goat farming can sustain milk production with lower inputs and emissions in north sub-Saharan Africa’s drylands
dc.typeJournal Article

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