Livestock and climate change: impact of livestock on climate and mitigation strategies

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dc.contributor.authorGrossi, Giampiero
dc.contributor.authorGoglio, Pietro
dc.contributor.authorVitali, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Adrian G.
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-23T10:20:57Z
dc.date.available2018-11-23T10:20:57Z
dc.date.issued2018-11-12
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: According to the United Nations (UN, 2017), the world population increased by approximately 1 billion inhabitants during the last 12 years, reaching nearly 7.6 billion in 2017. Although this growth is slower than 10 years ago (1.24% vs. 1.10% per year), with an average increase of 83 million people annually, global population will reach about 8.6 billion in 2030 and 9.8 billion in 2050. Population growth, urbanization, and income rise in developing countries are the main driver of the increased demand for livestock products (UN, 2017). The livestock sector requires a significant amount of natural resources and is responsible for about 14.5% of total anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions (7.1 Gigatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents for the year 2005; Gerber et al., 2013). Mitigation strategies aimed at reducing emissions of this sector are needed to limit the environmental burden from food production while ensuring a sufficient supply of food for a growing world population. The objectives of this manuscript are to 1) discuss the main greenhouse gas emissions sources from the livestock sector and 2) summarize the best mitigation strategies.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationGiampiero Grossi, Pietro Goglio, Andrea Vitali and Adrian G Williams. Livestock and climate change: impact of livestock on climate and mitigation strategies. Volume 9, Issue 1, 3 January 2019, pp. 69–76en_UK
dc.identifier.issn2160-6056
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1093/af/vfy034
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/13672
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherOxford University Pressen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectclimate changeen_UK
dc.subjectgreenhouse gasesen_UK
dc.subjectlivestocken_UK
dc.subjectmitigationen_UK
dc.titleLivestock and climate change: impact of livestock on climate and mitigation strategiesen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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