System · Rationale

Livestock system

Production system based on raising animals - cattle, small ruminants, poultry, and others - for food, income, or assets.

Definition source: AGROVOC: livestock

Synonyms

animal production system, Climate-smart dairy system, Climate-smart livestock system, Livestock production system, Livestock production

Broader

Production system

Narrower

Cattle, Small ruminant, Poultry, Pig, Camelid, Pastoral system, Intensive livestock system, Black soldier fly system

Relations

emits Methane

Counts as adaptation

System is exposed to a climate hazard, OR is acted on by a hazard-addressing intervention, OR benefits from a qualifying outcome or an adaptation-specific impact; NOT adaptation when named only as the sector or commodity of work, with no exposure and no hazard-addressing action on it.

Example of use

Climate context: exposed to climate hazards affecting feed, water, animal health, and productivity.

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

SYS_018 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/SYS_018
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/SYS_018)