In a recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers investigated the potential of python farming as a novel form of livestock for commercial use. Livestock rearing has ...

A study by USDA’s Economic Research Service finds 40% of cow-calf operations use rotational grazing and less than half of them use intensive rotational grazing. Of the operations reporting using ...

In a recent study published in the journal PNAS, researchers investigated how large-scale livestock rearing may result in the emergence and transmission of novel, potentially zoonotic pathogens. They ...

We need to distinguish between the livestock systems and meats that are part of the problem, and those that are part of the solution, say farmers as BBC documentary suggests that consumers should cut ...

The livestock sector is a pillar of the global food system and a contributor to poverty reduction, food security and agricultural development. According to the FAO, livestock contributes 40% of the ...

Within the next few decades, intensifying heatwaves could expose a significant share of Europe’s cattle to dangerous levels of heat stress. New research maps where and how millions of animals may be ...

How do livestock producers respond to climate change in land reform areas in southern Africa? A recent report from the Institute of Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) at the University of the ...

Ian Scoones receives funding from the European Research Council through an Advanced Grant for the PASTRES project (www.pastres.org). With world leaders gathered for the COP26 summit in Glasgow, there ...

Some of the livestock at the farmer's exhibition at KALRO center in Naivasha feed on drought-resistant forage. [Antony Gitonga, Standard] Dear Daktari, I read your column with lots of satisfaction. I ...