Ambition Meets Reality: Achieving GHG Emission Reduction Targets in the Livestock Sector of Latin America

Livestock production is a very relevant source of income and agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Mexico, and Peru. Several management and technological options with enteric methane mitigation potential have been evaluated and their scaling...

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Main Authors: Arango, Jacobo, Ruden, Alejandro, Martínez Barón, Deissy, Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María, Berndt, Alexandre, Chacón, Mauricio, Torres, Carlos Felipe, Oyhantçabal, Walter, Gómez, Carlos A., Ricci, Patricia, Ku-Vera, Juan Carlos, Burkart, Stefan, Moorby, Jon M., Chirinda, Ngonidzashe
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Frontiers Media 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108246
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author Arango, Jacobo
Ruden, Alejandro
Martínez Barón, Deissy
Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
Berndt, Alexandre
Chacón, Mauricio
Torres, Carlos Felipe
Oyhantçabal, Walter
Gómez, Carlos A.
Ricci, Patricia
Ku-Vera, Juan Carlos
Burkart, Stefan
Moorby, Jon M.
Chirinda, Ngonidzashe
author_browse Arango, Jacobo
Berndt, Alexandre
Burkart, Stefan
Chacón, Mauricio
Chirinda, Ngonidzashe
Gómez, Carlos A.
Ku-Vera, Juan Carlos
Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
Martínez Barón, Deissy
Moorby, Jon M.
Oyhantçabal, Walter
Ricci, Patricia
Ruden, Alejandro
Torres, Carlos Felipe
author_facet Arango, Jacobo
Ruden, Alejandro
Martínez Barón, Deissy
Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
Berndt, Alexandre
Chacón, Mauricio
Torres, Carlos Felipe
Oyhantçabal, Walter
Gómez, Carlos A.
Ricci, Patricia
Ku-Vera, Juan Carlos
Burkart, Stefan
Moorby, Jon M.
Chirinda, Ngonidzashe
author_sort Arango, Jacobo
collection Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace)
description Livestock production is a very relevant source of income and agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Mexico, and Peru. Several management and technological options with enteric methane mitigation potential have been evaluated and their scaling is anticipated to contribute toward achieving GHG emission reduction targets in the framework of the Paris Agreement. Yet, widespread adoption of promising mitigation options remains limited, raising questions as to whether envisaged emission reduction targets are achievable. Using findings from local studies, we explore the mitigation potentials of technologies and management practices currently proposed to mitigate enteric methane emissions from cattle production systems in the higher emitting countries of Latin America. We then discuss barriers for adopting innovations that significantly reduce cattle-based enteric methane emissions and the major shifts in policy and practice that are needed to raise national ambitions in the high emitting countries. Using the latest science and current thinking, we provide our perspective on an inclusive approach and re-imagine how the academic, research, business and public policy sectors can support and incentivize the changes needed to raise the level of ambition and achieve sustainable development goals (SDG), considering actions from the farm to the national scale.
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spelling CGSpace1082462025-12-08T10:29:22Z Ambition Meets Reality: Achieving GHG Emission Reduction Targets in the Livestock Sector of Latin America Arango, Jacobo Ruden, Alejandro Martínez Barón, Deissy Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María Berndt, Alexandre Chacón, Mauricio Torres, Carlos Felipe Oyhantçabal, Walter Gómez, Carlos A. Ricci, Patricia Ku-Vera, Juan Carlos Burkart, Stefan Moorby, Jon M. Chirinda, Ngonidzashe climate change climate-smart agriculture emission livestock livestock production food security agriculture Livestock production is a very relevant source of income and agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Mexico, and Peru. Several management and technological options with enteric methane mitigation potential have been evaluated and their scaling is anticipated to contribute toward achieving GHG emission reduction targets in the framework of the Paris Agreement. Yet, widespread adoption of promising mitigation options remains limited, raising questions as to whether envisaged emission reduction targets are achievable. Using findings from local studies, we explore the mitigation potentials of technologies and management practices currently proposed to mitigate enteric methane emissions from cattle production systems in the higher emitting countries of Latin America. We then discuss barriers for adopting innovations that significantly reduce cattle-based enteric methane emissions and the major shifts in policy and practice that are needed to raise national ambitions in the high emitting countries. Using the latest science and current thinking, we provide our perspective on an inclusive approach and re-imagine how the academic, research, business and public policy sectors can support and incentivize the changes needed to raise the level of ambition and achieve sustainable development goals (SDG), considering actions from the farm to the national scale. 2020-05-14 2020-05-14T13:39:09Z 2020-05-14T13:39:09Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108246 en Open Access Frontiers Media Arango J, Ruden A, Martinez-Baron D, Loboguerrero AM, Berndt A, Chacón M, Torres CF, Oyhantcabal W, Gomez CA, Ricci P, Ku-Vera J, Burkart S, Moorby JM, Chirinda N. 2020. Ambition Meets Reality: Achieving GHG Emission Reduction Targets in the Livestock Sector of Latin America.Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 4:65.
spellingShingle climate change
climate-smart agriculture
emission
livestock
livestock production
food security
agriculture
Arango, Jacobo
Ruden, Alejandro
Martínez Barón, Deissy
Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
Berndt, Alexandre
Chacón, Mauricio
Torres, Carlos Felipe
Oyhantçabal, Walter
Gómez, Carlos A.
Ricci, Patricia
Ku-Vera, Juan Carlos
Burkart, Stefan
Moorby, Jon M.
Chirinda, Ngonidzashe
Ambition Meets Reality: Achieving GHG Emission Reduction Targets in the Livestock Sector of Latin America
title Ambition Meets Reality: Achieving GHG Emission Reduction Targets in the Livestock Sector of Latin America
title_full Ambition Meets Reality: Achieving GHG Emission Reduction Targets in the Livestock Sector of Latin America
title_fullStr Ambition Meets Reality: Achieving GHG Emission Reduction Targets in the Livestock Sector of Latin America
title_full_unstemmed Ambition Meets Reality: Achieving GHG Emission Reduction Targets in the Livestock Sector of Latin America
title_short Ambition Meets Reality: Achieving GHG Emission Reduction Targets in the Livestock Sector of Latin America
title_sort ambition meets reality achieving ghg emission reduction targets in the livestock sector of latin america
topic climate change
climate-smart agriculture
emission
livestock
livestock production
food security
agriculture
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108246
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