How feed supplements can reduce methane emissions in agriculture

Mark van Nieuwland is the vice president of Bovaer, a methane-reducing feed additive, at Swiss-Dutch nutrition, health, and beauty company dsm-firmenich. In recent years, food processors, retailers, and food and beverage companies started to lower their CO2e [carbon dioxide equivalent] emissions, an...

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Published inMcKinsey Insights
Main Authors Mark van Nieuwland, Katz, Joshua, Naik, Kedar, Prabhala, Pradeep, Wilson Roen
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York McKinsey & Company, Inc 04.08.2023
Subjects
Agriculture
Carbon dioxide
Climate change
Ecosystems
Emissions
Feeds
Food
Inventory
Product development
Supermarkets
Sustainability
Value chain
Australia
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Summary:Mark van Nieuwland is the vice president of Bovaer, a methane-reducing feed additive, at Swiss-Dutch nutrition, health, and beauty company dsm-firmenich. In recent years, food processors, retailers, and food and beverage companies started to lower their CO2e [carbon dioxide equivalent] emissions, and with dairy and beef having such large footprints, these were areas in which companies tried to reduce their emissions—for example, through knowledge sharing and incentivizing farmers for their sustainability practices. [...]appropriate regulatory frameworks and speed in regulatory reviews are needed to support early adopters and make them the champions. There’s also an extensive research infrastructure in the country—different research institutes, different ways of measuring methane reductions—which allows many groups to do things in parallel.
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