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Sizing up livestock farming’s carbon footprint

A new and interactive tool released by FAO allows farmers, policy makers and scientists to calculate meat, milk and eggs production as well as greenhouse-gas emissions from livestock to make the sector more productive and more climate-friendly. GLEAM-i, the Global Livestock Environmental Assessment Modelinteractive, provides answers to a wide range of questions. For example, as a small ...

Aug. 23, 2016

By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from livestock: what are the costs?

The livestock sector is estimated to contribute 14.5% of all global anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This study estimated the costs of reducing emissions from ruminant livestock using five different practices. The findings will help policymakers to understand the cost effectiveness of different interventions in the sector, and the contribution that different policies could make to ...

Mar. 3, 2016

By European Commission, Environment DG

Major cuts of greenhouse gas emissions from livestock within reach

Greenhouse gas emissions by the livestock sector could be cut by as much as 30 percent through the wider use of existing best practices and technologies, according to a new study released today by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The report, Tackling climate change through livestock: A global assessment of emissions and mitigation opportunities, represents the most comprehensive ...

Sep. 26, 2013

By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Latest FAR Module gives practical advice to reduce livestock emissions

The Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) has announced the launch of its latest training module for the Feed Adviser Register (FAR). Module 3, Section 2 will highlight practical ways that feed advisers can help to reduce emissions on farms. It builds on information gained in FAR Module 3, Section 1. Inge Verwoerd, Technical Manager for Feed and FAR at AIC, said: “One of the main ...

Jan. 31, 2017

By Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC)

Can Livestock Help Reduce Greenhouse Gases?

Wider use of best practices and technologies could significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the livestock industry, according to a recent United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization report. The 139-page report, “Tackling climate change through livestock: A global assessment of emissions and mitigation opportunities,” is an update of the highly controversial ...

Nov. 27, 2013

By American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF)

FAO Statistical Yearbook paints a big, and detailed, picture of food and agriculture

The 2013 edition of FAO's Statistical Yearbook released today sheds new light on agriculture's contribution to global warming, trends in hunger and malnutrition and the state of the natural resource base upon which world food production depends. Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture grew 1.6 percent per year during the decade after the year 2000, new FAO data presented in the yearbook show, ...

Jun. 19, 2013

By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Sizing up livestock farming’s carbon footprint

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from livestock: what are the costs?

Major cuts of greenhouse gas emissions from livestock within reach

Latest FAR Module gives practical advice to reduce livestock emissions

Can Livestock Help Reduce Greenhouse Gases?

FAO Statistical Yearbook paints a big, and detailed, picture of food and agriculture

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