Greenhouse gas mitigation potentials in the livestock sector

• Published in: Nature climate change Vol. 6; no. 5; pp. 452 - 461
• Main Authors: Herrero, Mario, Henderson, Benjamin, Havlík, Petr, Thornton, Philip K., Conant, Richard T., Smith, Pete, Wirsenius, Stefan, Hristov, Alexander N., Gerber, Pierre, Gill, Margaret, Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus, Valin, Hugo, Garnett, Tara, Stehfest, Elke
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.05.2016; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 704/106/694/682; 706/1143; Agriculture; Animal Production Systems; Carbon sequestration; Climate Change; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Dierlijke Productiesystemen; Economics; Emissions; Emissions control; Environment; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice; Farm buildings; Feeds; Food security; GDP; Greenhouse gases; Gross Domestic Product; Land use; Leerstoelgroep Dierlijke productiesystemen; Livestock; Livestock production; Manures; Mitigation; Rangelands; review-article; Trends; Netherlands; United Kingdom > UK; Kenya; United States > US; Colorado

This Review article looks at options for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from the livestock sector, including technical and management interventions, sustainable intensification of production and moderation of demand for livestock products. The livestock sector supports about 1.3 billion produce...