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Greenhouse gas emissions from ruminant supply chains – a global life cycle assessment
C. Opio,Pierre J. Gerber,Anne Mottet,Alessandra Falcucci,G. Tempio,Michael MacLeod,Theun Vellinga,Benjamin B. Henderson,Henning Steinfeld +8 more
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The article was published on 2013-10-01 and is currently open access. It has received 314 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Greenhouse gas & Climate change mitigation.read more
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Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers
Joseph Poore,T. Nemecek +1 more
TL;DR: Cumulatively, the findings support an approach where producers monitor their own impacts, flexibly meet environmental targets by choosing from multiple practices, and communicate their impacts to consumers.
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Tackling climate change through livestock : a global assessment of emissions and mitigation opportunities
Pierre J. Gerber,Henning Steinfeld,Benjamin B. Henderson,Anne Mottet,C. Opio,J. Dijkman,Alessandra Falcucci,G. Tempio +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a unique global assessment of the magnitude, the sources and pathways of emissions from different livestock production systems and supply chains and also provide estimates of the sector's mitigation potential and identifies concrete options to reduce emissions.
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Greenhouse gas mitigation potentials in the livestock sector
Mario Herrero,Benjamin B. Henderson,Petr Havlik,Philip K. Thornton,Philip K. Thornton,Richard T. Conant,Pete Smith,Stefan Wirsenius,Stefan Wirsenius,Alexander N. Hristov,P.J. Gerber,Margaret Gill,Klaus Butterbach-Bahl,Klaus Butterbach-Bahl,Hugo Valin,Tara Garnett,Elke Stehfest +16 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors estimated that between 1995 and 2005, the livestock sector was responsible for greenhouse gas emissions of 5.6-7.5GtCO(2)e yr(-1).
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An inhibitor persistently decreased enteric methane emission from dairy cows with no negative effect on milk production
Alexander N. Hristov,Joonpyo Oh,F. Giallongo,T. Frederick,M.T. Harper,H. L. Weeks,Antonio Ferriani Branco,Peter J. Moate,M. H. Deighton,S. Richard O. Williams,Maik Kindermann,Stephane Duval +11 more
TL;DR: The experiment demonstrated that the methane inhibitor 3NOP, applied at 40 to 80 mg/kg feed dry matter, decreased methane emissions from high-producing dairy cows by 30% and increased body weight gain without negatively affecting feed intake or milk production and composition.
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Livestock and global change: Emerging issues for sustainable food systems
Mario Herrero,Philip K. Thornton +1 more
TL;DR: The global food system that will have to improve its resource use efficiency and environmental performance significantly to ensure the sustainability of global food production and consumption is outlined.
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Comparing environmental impacts for livestock products: A review of life cycle assessments
M. de Vries,I.J.M. de Boer +1 more
TL;DR: Differences in environmental impact among pork, chicken, and beef can be explained mainly by 3 factors: differences in feed efficiency, differences in enteric CH4 emission between monogastric animals and ruminants, and differences in reproduction rates.
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Life cycle assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from beef production in western Canada: A case study
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