The phrase "a decrease in livestock" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing changes in the population or quantity of livestock, often in the context of agriculture, economics, or environmental studies.
Example: "The recent drought has led to a significant decrease in livestock across the region, impacting local farmers' livelihoods."
Alternatives: "a reduction in livestock" or "a decline in livestock."
Results indicate for most of the old European Union (EU) member countries a decrease in livestock numbers.
This investigation showed that compliance with healthy eating guidelines leads to lower energy demand and a decrease in greenhouse gas emissions, largely due to a decrease in livestock numbers.
GRs were envisioned by policymakers as an intermediate step between communal land tenure and eventual privatization of land down to the level of household parcels, predicated on the idea that limiting pastoral livestock mobility and increased provision of veterinary and market outlets would lead to a decrease in livestock stocking rates and more market oriented livestock production strategies.
These practices may affect CH4 emission and uptake through two pathways: 1) an increase in CH4 uptake associated with an increase in soil-atmospheric exchange due to rangeland improvement and improved utilization of degraded rangelands; 2) a reduction in CH4 emissions from livestock associated with a decrease in the livestock population and/or an increase in livestock production.
Moreover, an increase in demand for food could be met, at least in part, by a decrease in demand for livestock feed and biofuel feedstock, and a decrease in waste, without the need for such a massive increase in production (Foley et al., 2011; Bajželj et al., 2014).
Success generally involves a decrease in attacks by felines on livestock and humans and a decrease in the number of cats killed in retaliation.
On the other hand, the decrease in livestock numbers could have had an impact on wolf populations, even if the scarce data available on wolf diet in Kyrgyzstan doesn't show a high proportion of domestic animals (ca. 15% in the Central Tian Shan according to Vyrypajev and Vorobjev 1983).
The decrease in livestock numbers in the 2009/10 dzud and the incomplete recovery in the two studied soums until 2013 led to a substantial increase of available pastureland for the remaining livestock population.
There's no easy solution to the climate change question, but some researchers see hope in stalling this decrease in livestock production associated with this increase in temps by carefully breeding for animals best adapted to the heat, as well as diversifying livestock and crop production on individual farms.
The use of chemical fertilizer is increasing in some areas of the middle hills, especially the lower altitude areas with better access 2. Crop intensification, the decrease in livestock population, and consequent reduction in the output of dung, labour shortages, and a depleting natural resource base have all prompted farmers to use fertilizers to maintain soil fertility.
Future climate models propose a decrease in rainfall across the region with an associated reduction in livestock production.
