A FORMER United Nations chief scientist says the global movement to limit human-induced climate change will provide an opportunity for livestock producers – with the potential increase yields and capitalise on environmental markets.
Professor Jacqueline McGlade is now a cattle producer in Kenya and the co-founder of a company called Downforce Technologies, which uses a mixture of ground-sourced publicly-available data and satellite technology to measure the “natural capital” assets on properties.
She said the Australian cattle industry was a big part of answer to managing the…