Supporting Investments in Low Carbon and Resilient Livestock Development in Africa - GCP/GLO/362/WBK
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By 2050, the world’s population is projected to reach 9.8 billion, representing an increase of nearly one-third more than today’s population. Over half of this projected population growth is expected to take place in Africa, particularly in sub-Saharan countries. Much of the world’s additional food demand will originate in these areas, with demand for animal source foods driven by growing urban populations with increasing incomes. Livestock help to combat hunger and malnourishment in areas where higher infant mortality correlates with greater protein and critical micro-nutrient deficiencies. At the same time, livestock are both a driver of, and vulnerable to, climate change. The contribution of the region to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is relatively limited; however, in many sub-Saharan countries, livestock is among the sectors with most GHG emissions. Sub-Saharan Africa is also one of the regions where livestock production is most vulnerable to climate change. Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an approach to managing landscapes, agroprocessing and food supply chains that enables the food system to meet both the climate challenge and deliver climate solutions. Large-scale World Bank (WB) investments targeted at the livestock sector provide an opportunity to make transformative changes for climate-smart and sustainable livestock development. The aim of the project was thus to provide technical assistance, training and tools to World Bank project teams to enable them to enhance and assess the contribution of selected country operations to the three climate-smart livestock (CSL) ‘pillars’: productivity, climate change adaptation and climate change mitigation.