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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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Main Author: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
Format: Case Study
Language:Inglés
Published: 2019
Subjects:
livestock
nutrition
mitigation
pastures
animal nutrition
energy
methane
government
colombia
losses
feeding
targeting
model
energy losses
case studies
agrifood systems
rural development
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121232
Summary: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.

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