Abstract

MILERA, Milagros de la C. Climate change, affectations and opportunities for livestock production in Cuba. Pastos y Forrajes [online]. 2011, vol.34, n.2, pp.127-143. ISSN 0864-0394.

The phenomena of desertification and land degradation, water, soil and atmospheric contamination, loss of biological diversity, depletion of the ozone layer, deforestation, planet warming and others, have led to a crossroads of human existence. The objective of this work is to analyze the adaptation of the main production systems before the affectations of climate change in Cuba and the results of diversified farms which use local feedstuffs and have become a resource, for their contribution to mitigate it. The main affectations occurred due to climate change and the characterization of the period 2000-2010 in the livestock production of the country are presented. The work also shows the main challenges of agroforestry systems and the productive results of using herbaceous and tree plant genetic resources in different livestock production systems, as well as the proposals of resilient feeding systems based on forage herbaceous and tree plant genetic resources which should be used as a result of technological innovation in livestock production areas

Keywords : Climate change; livestock production.

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