Influence of Climate Changes on Animal Feed Production, the Problems and the Suggested Solutions

Abstract

Climate change is a long-term change in the earth’s climate, especially a change due to an increase in the average atmospheric temperature. Climate change demonstrates itself through the noticeable variation in the weather, including temperature, rainfall, and wind. Agriculture in the arid land is vulnerable to climate changes since it depends on water resources and prevailing atmospheric conditions. Influences and consequences of these variables on agriculture might operate negatively or positively. There is a reciprocal effect between climate change and animal production. The production of livestock contributes about 18% of global greenhouse gas emissions from all human activities. The farm animals are prone to the adverse impacts of the changes in climate. The changes in climate will impact both of the quantity and quality of forage production as well as their reliability. Major impacts of climatic changes on feed crops and grazing systems would be changes in herbage growth, changes in the composition of pastures, changes in herbage quality, and the offset of biomass yield increases. Since pastures depend on rainfall, any changes in rainfall patterns will affect the plants on pasture. Climate Change Convention in Paris and declared an agreement to: “hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels…. recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change”. Also to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 °C. It targeted to undertake and communicate ambitious efforts to contribute to the global response to climate change by strengthening the mobility of countries to deal with the impacts of climate change. The efforts of some selected countries across the world have been explained as examples and experience to get the benefit of as learnt lessons.