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7. Agricultural viability: Mitchell catchment. A technical report from the CSIRO Northern Australia Water Resource Assessment, part of the National Water Infrastructure Development Fund: Water Resource Assessments

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Yeates, Stephen, Webster, Tony, Watson, Ian, Stokes, Chris, Prestwidge, Di, Poulton, Perry, Palmer, Jeda, Paini, Dean, Niscioli, Alan, MacLeod, Neil, Laing, Alison, Irvin, Simon, Ham, Chris, Doshi, Amar, Musson, Dean, Cossart, Rob, Coman, Greg, Bristow, Mila, and Ash, Andrew

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2018
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8. Agricultural viability: Fitzroy catchment. A technical report from the CSIRO Northern Australia Water Resource Assessment, part of the National Water Infrastructure Development Fund: Water Resource Assessments

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Yeates, Stephen, Webster, Tony, Watson, Ian, Stokes, Chris, Prestwidge, Di, Poulton, Perry, Palmer, Jeda, Paini, Dean, Niscioli, Alan, MacLeod, Neil, Laing, Alison, Irvin, Simon, Ham, Chris, Doshi, Amar, Musson, Dean, Cossart, Rob, Coman, Greg, Bristow, Mila, and Ash, Andrew

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2018
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9. Agricultural viability: Darwin catchments. A technical report from the CSIRO Northern Australia Water Resource Assessment, part of the National Water Infrastructure Development Fund: Water Resource Assessments

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Yeates, Stephen, Webster, Tony, Watson, Ian, Stokes, Chris, Prestwidge, Di, Poulton, Perry, Palmer, Jeda, Paini, Dean, Niscioli, Alan, MacLeod, Neil, Laing, Alison, Irvin, Simon, Ham, Chris, Doshi, Amar, Musson, Dean, Cossart, Rob, Coman, Greg, Bristow, Mila, and Ash, Andrew

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2018
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10. Yield gap analyses to estimate attainable bovine milk yields and evaluate options to increase production in Ethiopia and India

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Mayberry, Dianne, Ash, Andrew, Prestwidge, Di, Godde, Cécile M., Henderson, Ben, Duncan, Alan, Blummel, Michael, Ramana Reddy, Y., and Herrero, Mario

Subjects
Dairy, Grasslands, Buffalo, Cattle, Food security, Article
Abstract

Livestock provides an important source of income and nourishment for around one billion rural households worldwide. Demand for livestock food products is increasing, especially in developing countries, and there are opportunities to increase production to meet local demand and increase farm incomes. Estimating the scale of livestock yield gaps and better understanding factors limiting current production will help to define the technological and investment needs in each livestock sector. The aim of this paper is to quantify livestock yield gaps and evaluate opportunities to increase dairy production in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, using case studies from Ethiopia and India. We combined three different methods in our approach. Benchmarking and a frontier analysis were used to estimate attainable milk yields based on survey data. Household modelling was then used to simulate the effects of various interventions on dairy production and income. We tested interventions based on improved livestock nutrition and genetics in the extensive lowland grazing zone and highland mixed crop-livestock zones of Ethiopia, and the intensive irrigated and rainfed zones of India. Our analyses indicate that there are considerable yield gaps for dairy production in both countries, and opportunities to increase production using the interventions tested. In some cases, combined interventions could increase production past currently attainable livestock yields., Highlights • Three methods were used to quantify livestock yield gaps and evaluate interventions. • Large datasets were used to estimate attainable milk production. • Household modelling highlights ways to increase production. • The biggest increases in production occur when multiple interventions are combined. • Interventions need to consider production goals and reasons farmers keep livestock.

Published
2017

15. Additive impacts of climate-smart agriculture practices in mixed crop-livestock systems in Burkina Faso

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Rigolot, Cyrille, de Voil, P., Douxchamps, Sabine, Prestwidge, Di, Van Wijk, Mark, Thornton, Philip, Henderson, B., Medina Hidalgo, D., Rodriguez, Daniel, Herrero, Mario, Mutations des activités des espaces et des formes d'organisation dans les territoires ruraux (UMR METAFORT), AgroParisTech-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation [Canberra] (CSIRO), Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI), University of Queensland [Brisbane], International Livestock Research Institute, Research Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, (CCAFS), Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), Mutations des activités des espaces et des formes d'organisation dans les territoires ruraux (METAFORT), Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-AgroParisTech, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AgroParisTech-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), Mutations des activités des espaces et des formes d'organisation dans les territoires ruraux ( METAFORT ), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique ( INRA ) -AgroParisTech-VetAgro Sup ( VAS ) -Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture ( IRSTEA ) -AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, and Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research ( CGIAR )

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[ SDV ] Life Sciences [q-bio], [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], food and beverages
Abstract

Smallholder farmers of Northern Burkina Faso have important development opportunities, but they will have to cope with the effects of climate variability and change. In four farms representative of the area, crop and animal production, income and food security indicators have been simulated, with all combinations of four interventions: i) Optimized crop residue collection; ii) Improved allocation of existing feeds, iii) Crop fertilization; iv) Animal supplementation. The modeling framework we used is based on three existing dynamic livestock (Livsim), crop (Apsim) and household (IAT) models. To assess the impacts of climate variability, a 99 years current climate series has been generated with the climate generator Marksim. The simulations show that collecting crop residues improves significantly the food security indicator (FS) in one farm because it enables the development of cattle production (FS +135%), whereas the effects are moderate in the three other farms (FS

Published
2015

18. Chapter 6: Overview of the economic opportunities and constraints. In: Petheram, C., Watson, I. and Stone, P. (eds) Agricultural resource assessment for the Flinders catchment. A report to the Australian Government from the CSIRO Flinders and Gilbert Agricultural Resource Assessment

Author

Schmidt, Becky, Prestwidge, Di, Zhou, Mingwei, Petheram, Cuan, Banerjee, Onil, Wittwer, Glyn, MacLeod, Neil, Bark, Rosalind, Monjardino, Marta, and McKellar, Lisa

Published
2013
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19. Chapter 6: Overview of the economic opportunities and constraints. In: Petheram, C., Watson, I. and Stone, P. (eds) Agricultural resource assessment for the Gilbert catchment. A report to the Australian Government from the CSIRO Flinders and Gilbert Agricultural Resource Assessment

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Schmidt, Becky, Prestwidge, Di, Zhou, Mingwei, Petheram, Cuan, Banerjee, Onil, Wittwer, Glyn, MacLeod, Neil, Bark, Rosalind, Monjardino, Marta, and Brennan McKellar, Lisa

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2013
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22. The economics of producing sustainable aviation fuel: a regional case study in Queensland, Australia

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Hayward, Jennifer A., primary, O'Connell, Deborah A., additional, Raison, R. John, additional, Warden, Andrew C., additional, O'Connor, Michael H., additional, Murphy, Helen T., additional, Booth, Trevor H., additional, Braid, Andrew L., additional, Crawford, Debbie F., additional, Herr, Alexander, additional, Jovanovic, Tom, additional, Poole, Michael L., additional, Prestwidge, Di, additional, Raisbeck-Brown, Nat, additional, and Rye, Lucas, additional

Published
2014
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