Indonesia Farm Animal Genetic Resources in Adapting to Climate Change

Abstract

In developing countries, most people depend on agriculture. Crops and livestock are usually produced on the same farm with small plot of land. Grazing animals in open grassland also exist but its contribution in terms of animal products is relatively much less when compared to mixed crop animal farming system (Chantalakhana and Skunmun, 2002). Furthermore they stated that most farmers in developing countries can be classified as smallhorders, mostly live in rural areas and some in peri-urban. The role and contribution of animals in rural farms are far more complex than that in spesialized commercial farm since there exist so close and sophisticated relationships among farm family, animals, crops, social and agriculture. Agriculture must become more productive if it is to feed a much larger world population. In responding to the daunting environmental challenges ahead, the combined effect of population growth, strong income growth and urbanization is expected to result in almost the doubling of demand for food, feed and fiber (FAO, 2009)