System · Rationale

Pastoral system

Livestock system based on extensive animal grazing on natural or seminatural rangelands.

Definition source: AGROVOC: pastoralism

Synonyms

rangeland-based livestock system

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 pasture, water, and herd mobility.

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

SYS_026 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/SYS_026
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/SYS_026)