Climate change mitigation and productivity gains in livestock supply chains: insights from regional case studies

• Published in: Regional environmental change Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 129 - 141
• Main Authors: Mottet, Anne, Henderson, Benjamin, Opio, Carolyn, Falcucci, Alessandra, Tempio, Giuseppe, Silvestri, Silvia, Chesterman, Sabrina, Gerber, Pierre J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.01.2017; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Africa; Air pollution; Analysis; Asia; carbon; Carbon content; Carbon sequestration; Case studies; Climate Change; Climate change mitigation; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Earth and Environmental Science; ecosystem services; Emissions (Pollution); Emissions control; Environment; Environmental aspects; Environmental assessment; Environmental protection; Food and Agriculture Organization; Food security; Food supply; Geography; Global temperature changes; greenhouse gas emissions; Greenhouse gases; herds; International economic relations; Labor productivity; Latin America; Livestock; Livestock production; Logistics; Nature Conservation; Oceanography; Original Article; Pastures; Pork industry; production technology; Range ecology; Rangelands; Regional/Spatial Science; Ruminantia; ruminants; Soils; Studies; supply chain; Swine production; Asia; Africa; Latin America; Mitigation; Productivity; Climate change; Packages of options; Livestock systems

Livestock can contribute to climate change mitigation by reducing their greenhouse gas emissions and by increasing soil carbon sequestration. Packages of mitigation techniques can bring large environmental benefits as illustrated in six case studies modeled in the Global Livestock Environmental Asse...