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Climate Change 2016
October 27-29, 2016
Volume 7, Issue 9(Suppl) J Earth Sci Clim Change
ISSN: 2157-7617 JESCC, an open access journal
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October 24-26, 2016 Valencia, Spain
World Conference onClimate Change
Impacts of climate change on the animal farming in Mediterranean region
Nazan Koluman Darcan1, Irfan Daskiran 2 and Serap Goncu1
1Cukurova University, Turkey
2Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, Turkey
Extreme climate change (CC) and atmospheric events have been become nowadays a global issue. Livestock production
contributes to global warming. It is estimated that livestock responsible to 9% of human-welded CO 2 emission, 35-40% of
CH4 emission, 65% of N2O emission and 64% of NH 3 emission. In addition, CC (increase in high temperature and drought)
has been found to adversely affect livestock production. Consequently, a lot of effort is made to adjust livestock production
systems to forecast on future changes in weather according to climate modeling. From this point of view, it is very important
that the correct estimation will be made with regard to questions, such as which feed, or which goat breed will be found as
most appropriate for different regions. The economic importance of farm animals’ production has been rise-up during last
decades in Mediterranean countries. The effect of climatic change (CC) on dairy production are both direct through effects on
the animals themselves, and indirect through effects on production of crops and increased exposure to pests and pathogens.
These negative impacts occur in face of increasing demands for food, which is related to increase in population on earth. The
demand for animal products relate to rapid increase in income in some countries (Haq and Ishaq, 2011) and the perception
of dairy products as high quality and gourmet food. On the other hand, there is an increased awareness to the contribution of
livestock to the greenhouse effect, and hence to global warming. The animal production systems and concept of climate change
which are in mutual interaction with each other has recently become a popular subject on the agenda. In this review, the direct
and indirect of climate change on farm animals in Mediterranean region will be determined.
Biography
Nazan Koluman is currently working as an assistant professor at Cukurova University, Turkey. Her research interests are Climate Change & Climatology, Climate
Change effects on the animal farming etc.
Nazan Koluman Darcan et al., J Earth Sci Clim Change 2016, 7:9(Suppl)