System · Rationale

Pig

Livestock system based on raising pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus) for meat.

Definition source: AGROVOC: pigs

Synonyms

swine, pork

Broader

Livestock system

Narrower

none

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 supply, heat stress, and animal health.

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

SYS_024 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/SYS_024
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/SYS_024)