Strategies to achieve the GHG Mitigation Goals of the livestock sector in Latin America

Livestock production is a fundamental source of income and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Latin American countries. 20 percent of the region's emissions come from agriculture, 70 percent of which comes from livestock. There are several management and technology options with enteric methane mitiga...

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Main Authors: Ruden, Alejandro, Arango, Jacobo, Martínez Barón, Deissy, Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María, Berndt, Alexandre, Chacón, Mauricio, Torres, Carlos Felipe, Oyhantçabal, Walter, Gómez, Juan A., Ricci, Patricia, Ku-Vera, Juan Carlos, Burkart, Stefan, Moorby, Jon M., Chirinda, Ngonidzashe
Format: Poster
Language:Inglés
Published: International Center for Tropical Agriculture 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111085
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author Ruden, Alejandro
Arango, Jacobo
Martínez Barón, Deissy
Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
Berndt, Alexandre
Chacón, Mauricio
Torres, Carlos Felipe
Oyhantçabal, Walter
Gómez, Juan 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, Juan 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 Ruden, Alejandro
Arango, Jacobo
Martínez Barón, Deissy
Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
Berndt, Alexandre
Chacón, Mauricio
Torres, Carlos Felipe
Oyhantçabal, Walter
Gómez, Juan A.
Ricci, Patricia
Ku-Vera, Juan Carlos
Burkart, Stefan
Moorby, Jon M.
Chirinda, Ngonidzashe
author_sort Ruden, Alejandro
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description Livestock production is a fundamental source of income and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Latin American countries. 20 percent of the region's emissions come from agriculture, 70 percent of which comes from livestock. There are several management and technology options with enteric methane mitigation potential that have been evaluated and their scale is expected to contribute to achieving the GHG emission reduction targets under the Paris Agreement. These technologies include management of the animal diet, reproductive control, administration of supplements, and reduction of the age at slaughter, among others. However, widespread adoption of promising mitigation options remains limited, raising questions about whether the planned emission reduction targets are achievable. Using the results of local studies, we have explored the mitigation potentials of currently proposed management technologies and practices to mitigate enteric methane emissions from livestock production systems in Latin American countries with the highest emissions. We then discuss the barriers to adopting innovations that significantly reduce enteric methane emissions from livestock and the main changes in policies and practices necessary to raise national ambitions in high-emission countries. Drawing on today's latest science and thought, we take our perspective to an inclusive approach and reimagine how the academic, research, business and public policy sectors can support and incentivize the changes necessary to raise the level of ambition and achieve goals of sustainable development, taking into account actions from the farm to the national scale. Some improvements identified and that need to be made are improving access to information through effective technology transfer plans, access to financial products by small producers, and establishing seed multiplication systems for fodder materials.
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spelling CGSpace1110852025-11-05T17:46:25Z Strategies to achieve the GHG Mitigation Goals of the livestock sector in Latin America Ruden, Alejandro Arango, Jacobo Martínez Barón, Deissy Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María Berndt, Alexandre Chacón, Mauricio Torres, Carlos Felipe Oyhantçabal, Walter Gómez, Juan A. Ricci, Patricia Ku-Vera, Juan Carlos Burkart, Stefan Moorby, Jon M. Chirinda, Ngonidzashe methane sustainable development goals livestock climate change metano objetivos de desarrollo sostenible ganado Livestock production is a fundamental source of income and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Latin American countries. 20 percent of the region's emissions come from agriculture, 70 percent of which comes from livestock. There are several management and technology options with enteric methane mitigation potential that have been evaluated and their scale is expected to contribute to achieving the GHG emission reduction targets under the Paris Agreement. These technologies include management of the animal diet, reproductive control, administration of supplements, and reduction of the age at slaughter, among others. However, widespread adoption of promising mitigation options remains limited, raising questions about whether the planned emission reduction targets are achievable. Using the results of local studies, we have explored the mitigation potentials of currently proposed management technologies and practices to mitigate enteric methane emissions from livestock production systems in Latin American countries with the highest emissions. We then discuss the barriers to adopting innovations that significantly reduce enteric methane emissions from livestock and the main changes in policies and practices necessary to raise national ambitions in high-emission countries. Drawing on today's latest science and thought, we take our perspective to an inclusive approach and reimagine how the academic, research, business and public policy sectors can support and incentivize the changes necessary to raise the level of ambition and achieve goals of sustainable development, taking into account actions from the farm to the national scale. Some improvements identified and that need to be made are improving access to information through effective technology transfer plans, access to financial products by small producers, and establishing seed multiplication systems for fodder materials. 2020 2021-02-01T13:38:07Z 2021-02-01T13:38:07Z Poster https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111085 en https://www.tropentag.de/abstract.php?code=7GBw14le Open Access application/pdf International Center for Tropical Agriculture Ruden, A.; Arango, J.; Martínez-Barón, D.; Loboguerrero, A.M.; Berndt, A.; Chacón, M.; Torres, C.F.; Oyhantcabal, W.; Gómez, J.A.; Ricci, P.; Ku-Vera, J.; Burkart, S.; Moorby, J.M.; Chirinda, N. (2020) Strategies to achieve the GHG Mitigation Goals of the livestock sector in Latin America. Poster prepared for the Tropentag 2020: Food and Nutrition Security and its Resilience to Global Crises, Virtual Conference, 9–11 September 2020. Cali, Colombia: CIAT.
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sustainable development goals
livestock
climate change
metano
objetivos de desarrollo sostenible
ganado
Ruden, Alejandro
Arango, Jacobo
Martínez Barón, Deissy
Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
Berndt, Alexandre
Chacón, Mauricio
Torres, Carlos Felipe
Oyhantçabal, Walter
Gómez, Juan A.
Ricci, Patricia
Ku-Vera, Juan Carlos
Burkart, Stefan
Moorby, Jon M.
Chirinda, Ngonidzashe
Strategies to achieve the GHG Mitigation Goals of the livestock sector in Latin America
title Strategies to achieve the GHG Mitigation Goals of the livestock sector in Latin America
title_full Strategies to achieve the GHG Mitigation Goals of the livestock sector in Latin America
title_fullStr Strategies to achieve the GHG Mitigation Goals of the livestock sector in Latin America
title_full_unstemmed Strategies to achieve the GHG Mitigation Goals of the livestock sector in Latin America
title_short Strategies to achieve the GHG Mitigation Goals of the livestock sector in Latin America
title_sort strategies to achieve the ghg mitigation goals of the livestock sector in latin america
topic methane
sustainable development goals
livestock
climate change
metano
objetivos de desarrollo sostenible
ganado
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111085
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