Livestock systems in Africa are already being affected by changes in climate through increased precipitation variability leading to decreasing fodder availability . More than twice as many countries in Africa have experienced increases in precipitation variability in the last century than decreases . Fodder availability is also being impacted by woody plant encroachment- the increase in shrub and tree cover-which has increased by 10% on subsistence grazing lands and 20% on economically important grazing lands in south Africa in the last 60 years , and is driven in part by climatic factors . Increased temperature and precipitation have contributed to the expanding range, especially in east and southern Africa, of several ixodid tick species which carry economically important livestock diseases .
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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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