Climate Change Impacts on Livestock and Adaptation Strategies to Sustain Livestock Production

This study examines perceive climate change impacts and adaptation strategies to sustain livestock production adopted by livestock. Majority of the respondents perceived that climate change has negative impact on productive and reproductive performance of livestock, increased incidence of livestock diseases and parasitic infestation, decreasing trend of feed and fodder resources, water. Majority of the respondents perceived an increased environmental temperature, decreased precipitation, increased frequency of extreme weather conditions and summer season length. Most of the farmers preserved fodder crop in farm of hay for adverse climatic condition, followed mixed livestock farming, diversifying farming practices and changed planting date, provided bedding and warmth to their animals to protect them from extreme cold, similarly during hot days farmers provided cold water and shed to protect their animals as adaptation strategies for sustain livestock production.