posted on 2023-05-24, 12:09authored byCullen, BR, Ayre, M, Reichelt, N, Nettle, RA, Hayman, G, Armstrong, DP, Beilin, R, Matthew HarrisonMatthew Harrison
Climate change will affect the seasonal production and quality of pastures for livestock feed, and adaptation to these changes is required. Systems adaptation in pasture-based livestock production will require changes to production systems and new skills in the industry workforce.
We argue that transdisciplinary research approaches are needed to address the adaptation challenge, where farmer knowledge is combined with farm systems and economic analysis to assess the impacts of a changing climate and potential benefits of alternative production systems, and social research is required to identify and address the non-technical drivers of change.
Research is required to integrate knowledge from different disciplines with expert farmer, advisor and industry professional knowledge, and a case study of adaptation research in the Australian dairy industry is used to highlight the transdisciplinary approach.
Animal adaptation to climate change; Climate change adaptation measures (excl. ecosystem); Management of greenhouse gas emissions from animal production