An approach to reduce greenhouse gas emission in Chinese dairy farms through improving production efficiency
The attention for climate change is increasing all over the world. Anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) that cause unwanted global warming, are the main cause of this climate change. Livestock farming, especially dairy farming is a significant contributor of the emission of GHG. In Chin...
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Artículo preliminar |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
2021
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116639 |
| _version_ | 1855523232898088960 |
|---|---|
| author | Wei, Wang Zijlstra, Jelle Shengli, Li |
| author_browse | Shengli, Li Wei, Wang Zijlstra, Jelle |
| author_facet | Wei, Wang Zijlstra, Jelle Shengli, Li |
| author_sort | Wei, Wang |
| collection | Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace) |
| description | The attention for climate change is increasing all over the world. Anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) that cause unwanted global warming, are the main cause of this climate change. Livestock farming, especially dairy farming is a significant contributor of the emission of GHG. In China, the growing demand for dairy products has prompted the dairy sector to increase production. With the expansion of dairy processors and large dairy farming groups, concerns have arisen about the GHG emissions from the dairy farming sector. Therefore, the identification of the main factors affecting emissions from dairy farms and feasible mitigation options are crucial for reducing the emission for the dairy sector in China.
It is well known that applying renewable energy sources and the upgrade of environmental controlling equipment such as manure treatment can help to reduce GHG emissions. However the biggest source of greenhouse gases on dairy farms is the process of enteric fermentation in the rumen that releases methane. The reduction of enteric emissions is an important mitigation option on dairy farms. This can be done by options such as improving nutrition and dairy herd management and many more mitigation options. To come to recommendations about effective, profitable mitigation and tailor-made mitigation options, we developed an approach in which improving the efficiency of the dairy farms is combined with the reduction of GHG. Measuring and monitoring technical efficiencies and GHG are important first steps of this apporach. The second part consists of recommending farm specific best practices that improve the efficiency and reduce GHG emission.
Keywords: Dairy farming; climate change; greenhouse gas; mitigation |
| format | Artículo preliminar |
| id | CGSpace116639 |
| institution | CGIAR Consortium |
| language | Inglés |
| publishDate | 2021 |
| publishDateRange | 2021 |
| publishDateSort | 2021 |
| publisher | CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security |
| publisherStr | CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | CGSpace1166392024-01-23T12:03:53Z An approach to reduce greenhouse gas emission in Chinese dairy farms through improving production efficiency Wei, Wang Zijlstra, Jelle Shengli, Li climate change climate change mitigation food security greenhouse gas emissions greenhouse gases dairy dairy cattle The attention for climate change is increasing all over the world. Anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) that cause unwanted global warming, are the main cause of this climate change. Livestock farming, especially dairy farming is a significant contributor of the emission of GHG. In China, the growing demand for dairy products has prompted the dairy sector to increase production. With the expansion of dairy processors and large dairy farming groups, concerns have arisen about the GHG emissions from the dairy farming sector. Therefore, the identification of the main factors affecting emissions from dairy farms and feasible mitigation options are crucial for reducing the emission for the dairy sector in China. It is well known that applying renewable energy sources and the upgrade of environmental controlling equipment such as manure treatment can help to reduce GHG emissions. However the biggest source of greenhouse gases on dairy farms is the process of enteric fermentation in the rumen that releases methane. The reduction of enteric emissions is an important mitigation option on dairy farms. This can be done by options such as improving nutrition and dairy herd management and many more mitigation options. To come to recommendations about effective, profitable mitigation and tailor-made mitigation options, we developed an approach in which improving the efficiency of the dairy farms is combined with the reduction of GHG. Measuring and monitoring technical efficiencies and GHG are important first steps of this apporach. The second part consists of recommending farm specific best practices that improve the efficiency and reduce GHG emission. Keywords: Dairy farming; climate change; greenhouse gas; mitigation 2021-12-09 2021-12-09T17:03:30Z 2021-12-09T17:03:30Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116639 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Wei W, Zijlstra J, Shengli L. 2021. An approach to reduce greenhouse gas emission in Chinese dairy farms through improving production efficiency. CCAFS Working Paper no. 383. Wageningen, the Netherlands: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). |
| spellingShingle | climate change climate change mitigation food security greenhouse gas emissions greenhouse gases dairy dairy cattle Wei, Wang Zijlstra, Jelle Shengli, Li An approach to reduce greenhouse gas emission in Chinese dairy farms through improving production efficiency |
| title | An approach to reduce greenhouse gas emission in Chinese dairy farms through improving production efficiency |
| title_full | An approach to reduce greenhouse gas emission in Chinese dairy farms through improving production efficiency |
| title_fullStr | An approach to reduce greenhouse gas emission in Chinese dairy farms through improving production efficiency |
| title_full_unstemmed | An approach to reduce greenhouse gas emission in Chinese dairy farms through improving production efficiency |
| title_short | An approach to reduce greenhouse gas emission in Chinese dairy farms through improving production efficiency |
| title_sort | approach to reduce greenhouse gas emission in chinese dairy farms through improving production efficiency |
| topic | climate change climate change mitigation food security greenhouse gas emissions greenhouse gases dairy dairy cattle |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116639 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT weiwang anapproachtoreducegreenhousegasemissioninchinesedairyfarmsthroughimprovingproductionefficiency AT zijlstrajelle anapproachtoreducegreenhousegasemissioninchinesedairyfarmsthroughimprovingproductionefficiency AT shenglili anapproachtoreducegreenhousegasemissioninchinesedairyfarmsthroughimprovingproductionefficiency AT weiwang approachtoreducegreenhousegasemissioninchinesedairyfarmsthroughimprovingproductionefficiency AT zijlstrajelle approachtoreducegreenhousegasemissioninchinesedairyfarmsthroughimprovingproductionefficiency AT shenglili approachtoreducegreenhousegasemissioninchinesedairyfarmsthroughimprovingproductionefficiency |