System · Rationale

Small ruminant

Livestock system based on raising sheep and goats for meat, milk, fibre, or assets.

Definition source: AGROVOC: small ruminants

Synonyms

sheep and goat

Broader

Livestock system

Narrower

Sheep, Goat

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 pasture, water, and animal health.

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

SYS_022 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/SYS_022
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/SYS_022)