Climate change mitigation through intensified pasture management: Estimating greenhouse gas emissions on cattle farms in the Brazilian Amazon
Cattle ranching in Brazil is a key driver of deforestation and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The Brazilian government plans to reduce national GHG emissions by at least 36%, partly by reducing emissions in the livestock sector through strategies such as intensification, pasture improvement, and ro...
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| author | Bogaerts, Meghan Cirhigiri, Lora Robinson, Ian Rodkin, Mikaela Hajjar, Reem Costa, Ciniro Newton, Peter |
| author_browse | Bogaerts, Meghan Cirhigiri, Lora Costa, Ciniro Hajjar, Reem Newton, Peter Robinson, Ian Rodkin, Mikaela |
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| description | Cattle ranching in Brazil is a key driver of deforestation and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The Brazilian government plans to reduce national GHG emissions by at least 36%, partly by reducing emissions in the livestock sector through strategies such as intensification, pasture improvement, and rotational grazing. We surveyed 40 cattle ranchers located in the Brazilian Amazon biome to investigate how GHG emissions differed between farms participating in livestock sustainability programs with intensified production and farms not participating in these programs. We found that participating farms produced 8.3 kg of CO2e/kg of beef than did non-participating farms, which represents 19% fewer emissions. Farms that had participated in a sustainability program for at least two years showed larger differences in emissions: 19.0 kg of CO2e/kg of beef less for program farms compared with their counterparts, or 35.8% fewer emissions. Key drivers of the total CO2e/kg of beef in all farms were enteric fermentation and manure management. This paper provides farm-level data supporting intensification as a possible strategy to reduce emissions per kilogram of beef produced, and suggests implications for policy and future research. |
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| spelling | CGSpace777712024-01-23T12:04:22Z Climate change mitigation through intensified pasture management: Estimating greenhouse gas emissions on cattle farms in the Brazilian Amazon Bogaerts, Meghan Cirhigiri, Lora Robinson, Ian Rodkin, Mikaela Hajjar, Reem Costa, Ciniro Newton, Peter climate change food security agriculture livestock Cattle ranching in Brazil is a key driver of deforestation and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The Brazilian government plans to reduce national GHG emissions by at least 36%, partly by reducing emissions in the livestock sector through strategies such as intensification, pasture improvement, and rotational grazing. We surveyed 40 cattle ranchers located in the Brazilian Amazon biome to investigate how GHG emissions differed between farms participating in livestock sustainability programs with intensified production and farms not participating in these programs. We found that participating farms produced 8.3 kg of CO2e/kg of beef than did non-participating farms, which represents 19% fewer emissions. Farms that had participated in a sustainability program for at least two years showed larger differences in emissions: 19.0 kg of CO2e/kg of beef less for program farms compared with their counterparts, or 35.8% fewer emissions. Key drivers of the total CO2e/kg of beef in all farms were enteric fermentation and manure management. This paper provides farm-level data supporting intensification as a possible strategy to reduce emissions per kilogram of beef produced, and suggests implications for policy and future research. 2016-11-16 2016-11-17T11:35:18Z 2016-11-17T11:35:18Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77771 en Open Access application/pdf Bogaerts M, Cirhigiri L, Robinson I, Rodkin M, Hajjar R, Costa Junior, C, Newton P. 2016. Climate change mitigation through intensified pasture management: Estimating greenhouse gas emissions on cattle farms in the Brazilian Amazon. CCAFS Working Paper no. 188. Copenhagen, Denmark: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). |
| spellingShingle | climate change food security agriculture livestock Bogaerts, Meghan Cirhigiri, Lora Robinson, Ian Rodkin, Mikaela Hajjar, Reem Costa, Ciniro Newton, Peter Climate change mitigation through intensified pasture management: Estimating greenhouse gas emissions on cattle farms in the Brazilian Amazon |
| title | Climate change mitigation through intensified pasture management: Estimating greenhouse gas emissions on cattle farms in the Brazilian Amazon |
| title_full | Climate change mitigation through intensified pasture management: Estimating greenhouse gas emissions on cattle farms in the Brazilian Amazon |
| title_fullStr | Climate change mitigation through intensified pasture management: Estimating greenhouse gas emissions on cattle farms in the Brazilian Amazon |
| title_full_unstemmed | Climate change mitigation through intensified pasture management: Estimating greenhouse gas emissions on cattle farms in the Brazilian Amazon |
| title_short | Climate change mitigation through intensified pasture management: Estimating greenhouse gas emissions on cattle farms in the Brazilian Amazon |
| title_sort | climate change mitigation through intensified pasture management estimating greenhouse gas emissions on cattle farms in the brazilian amazon |
| topic | climate change food security agriculture livestock |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77771 |
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