Birgit Habermann
@birgithabermann
Scientist, farmer and social researcher particularly interested in PAR and citizen science, STS, and partic. adaptation to climate change. Views are my own!
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18-09-2019 13:45:19
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Check out our new blog post on the latest research from ILRI.org Mazingira reviewing #GHG emissions from #livestock in #Africa. This is a good summary if you don't want to read the whole article! Claudia Arndt Sonja Leitner
This was a great meeting where also the PCSL pioneers of adaptation participated and gave important feedback. Well done Leah Gichuki, Reagan Siamito, Winnie Lipina Koinet @edwimarty and Mazingira team Sonja Leitner Mike Graham Claudia Arndt Jesse Kagai et al!
Pioneer farmers: we scientists/extensionists/policy makers have to overcome our biases and listen to them as modern innovators. They are making the future while we talk about it. Thanks Claudia Arndt for bringing this to attention!
🚨NEW PUBLICATION🚨 Can pastoralists show us the future of animal agriculture? Read answers to this questions and more in our new primer on "Livestock, Climate and the Politics of Resources" produced in collaboration with Transnational Institute . Find it here: tinyurl.com/2wpewddf
Simplistic and one-sided narratives about livestock and animal products are misleading and dangerous 🐂 Ahead of #WorldFoodDay on Sunday, we ask how can the livestock sector contribute to an environmentally just future? Answer: Pastoralism! Pastoralism & Uncertainty ids.ac.uk/news/new-prime…
Join this great panel on Thursday October 27, 4pm Nairobi to discuss the synergies, linkages and issues related livestock, nutrition and climate. ilri-org.zoom.us/meeting/regist… ILRI.org @LandOLakesV37 GAIN Cornell University Cornell Food Systems & Global Change @EricksenPolly Namukolo Covic Stella Nordhagen
Mike Graham Susan MacMillan Namukolo Covic ILRI.org CGIAR Also, please see our recent publication by Ndung'u et al. They showed that when accounting for only milk and meat output of smallholder systems, emissions intensities were lower than believed. mazingira.ilri.org/2022/06/02/afr…