Colombian government employs CCAFS-validated model for methane emissions to elaborate a sustainable livestock strategy

The validation of a model to estimate animal nutrition and energy losses by feeding with different forages allowed the government of Colombia to develop mitigation options for a Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) for livestock and Colombia's livestock federation, FEDEGAN, to implement a...

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Autor principal: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
Formato: Case Study
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121232
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Sumario:The validation of a model to estimate animal nutrition and energy losses by feeding with different forages allowed the government of Colombia to develop mitigation options for a Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) for livestock and Colombia's livestock federation, FEDEGAN, to implement a sustainable livestock strategy targeting 50,000 ha of degraded pastures.