Challenges and opportunities for improving eco-efficiency of tropical forage-based systems to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions
Forage-based livestock production plays a key role in national and regional economies, for food security and poverty alleviation, but is considered a major contributor to agricultural GHG emissions. While demand for livestock products is predicted to increase, there is political and societal pressur...
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| author | Peters, Michael Herrero, Mario Fisher, M. Erb, Karlheinz Rao, Idupulapati M. Subbaraoa, Guntur V. Castro, A. Arango, Jacobo Chara, J. Murgueitio, E. Hoek, Rein van der Läderach, Peter R.D. Hyman, Glenn G. Tapasco, Jeimar Strassburg, B. Paul, Birthe K. Rincón, A. Schultze-Kraft, Rainer Fonte, Steven J. Searchinger, Tim |
| author_browse | Arango, Jacobo Castro, A. Chara, J. Erb, Karlheinz Fisher, M. Fonte, Steven J. Herrero, Mario Hoek, Rein van der Hyman, Glenn G. Läderach, Peter R.D. Murgueitio, E. Paul, Birthe K. Peters, Michael Rao, Idupulapati M. Rincón, A. Schultze-Kraft, Rainer Searchinger, Tim Strassburg, B. Subbaraoa, Guntur V. Tapasco, Jeimar |
| author_facet | Peters, Michael Herrero, Mario Fisher, M. Erb, Karlheinz Rao, Idupulapati M. Subbaraoa, Guntur V. Castro, A. Arango, Jacobo Chara, J. Murgueitio, E. Hoek, Rein van der Läderach, Peter R.D. Hyman, Glenn G. Tapasco, Jeimar Strassburg, B. Paul, Birthe K. Rincón, A. Schultze-Kraft, Rainer Fonte, Steven J. Searchinger, Tim |
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| description | Forage-based livestock production plays a key role in national and regional economies, for food security and poverty alleviation, but is considered a major contributor to agricultural GHG emissions. While demand for livestock products is predicted to increase, there is political and societal pressure both to reduce environmental impacts and to convert some of the pasture area to alternative uses, such as crop production and environmental conservation. Thus, it is essential to develop approaches for sustainable intensification of livestock systems to mitigate GHG emissions, addressing biophysical, socio-economic and policy challenges. This paper highlights the potential of improved tropical forages, linked with policy incentives, to enhance livestock production, while reducing its environmental footprint. Emphasis is on crop-livestock systems. We give examples for sustainable intensification to mitigate GHG emissions, based on improved forages in Brazil and Colombia, and suggest future perspectives. |
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| spelling | CGSpace343322024-03-06T10:16:43Z Challenges and opportunities for improving eco-efficiency of tropical forage-based systems to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions Peters, Michael Herrero, Mario Fisher, M. Erb, Karlheinz Rao, Idupulapati M. Subbaraoa, Guntur V. Castro, A. Arango, Jacobo Chara, J. Murgueitio, E. Hoek, Rein van der Läderach, Peter R.D. Hyman, Glenn G. Tapasco, Jeimar Strassburg, B. Paul, Birthe K. Rincón, A. Schultze-Kraft, Rainer Fonte, Steven J. Searchinger, Tim intensification forage Forage-based livestock production plays a key role in national and regional economies, for food security and poverty alleviation, but is considered a major contributor to agricultural GHG emissions. While demand for livestock products is predicted to increase, there is political and societal pressure both to reduce environmental impacts and to convert some of the pasture area to alternative uses, such as crop production and environmental conservation. Thus, it is essential to develop approaches for sustainable intensification of livestock systems to mitigate GHG emissions, addressing biophysical, socio-economic and policy challenges. This paper highlights the potential of improved tropical forages, linked with policy incentives, to enhance livestock production, while reducing its environmental footprint. Emphasis is on crop-livestock systems. We give examples for sustainable intensification to mitigate GHG emissions, based on improved forages in Brazil and Colombia, and suggest future perspectives. 2013-12-31 2014-01-16T19:11:39Z 2014-01-16T19:11:39Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34332 en Open Access Peters, M., Herrero, M., Fisher, M., Erb, K.-H., Rao, I., Subbarao, G.V., Castro, A., Arango, J., Chará, J., Murgueitio, E., Hoek, R. van der, Läderach, P., Hyman, G., Tapasco, J., Strassburg, B., Paul, B., Rincón, A., Schultze-Kraft, R., Fonte, S. and Searchinger, T. 2013. Challenges and opportunities for improving eco-efficiency of tropical forage-based systems to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. Tropical Grasslands 1(2):156-167. |
| spellingShingle | intensification forage Peters, Michael Herrero, Mario Fisher, M. Erb, Karlheinz Rao, Idupulapati M. Subbaraoa, Guntur V. Castro, A. Arango, Jacobo Chara, J. Murgueitio, E. Hoek, Rein van der Läderach, Peter R.D. Hyman, Glenn G. Tapasco, Jeimar Strassburg, B. Paul, Birthe K. Rincón, A. Schultze-Kraft, Rainer Fonte, Steven J. Searchinger, Tim Challenges and opportunities for improving eco-efficiency of tropical forage-based systems to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions |
| title | Challenges and opportunities for improving eco-efficiency of tropical forage-based systems to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions |
| title_full | Challenges and opportunities for improving eco-efficiency of tropical forage-based systems to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions |
| title_fullStr | Challenges and opportunities for improving eco-efficiency of tropical forage-based systems to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Challenges and opportunities for improving eco-efficiency of tropical forage-based systems to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions |
| title_short | Challenges and opportunities for improving eco-efficiency of tropical forage-based systems to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions |
| title_sort | challenges and opportunities for improving eco efficiency of tropical forage based systems to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions |
| topic | intensification forage |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34332 |
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