Naslov
Livestock and climate change

Autori
Gantner, Vesna

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
8th International Scientific/Professional conference Agriculture in Nature and Environment Protection 1st – 3th June 2015. Vukovar, Croatia / Baban Mirjana - Vukovar : Glas Slavonije, 2015, 55-64

Skup
8th International Scientific/Professional conference Agriculture in Nature and Environment Protection 1st – 3th June 2015. Vukovar, Croatia

Mjesto i datum
Vukovar, Hrvatska, 01.06.2015. - 03.06.2015

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Livestock sector ; greenhouse gasses ; climate change

Sažetak
In order to define the impact of livestock sector on climate change in world that characterize population increase, growing incomes and urbanization, the main sources of greenhouse gasses (GHG) emissions and the quantity of their contribution to total anthropogenic emission were examined. Also, possible mitigation technique was analyzed. It was observed that the livestock sector, with 14.5 % of all anthropogenic emissions, plays an important role in climate change mainly through feed production and processing as well as enteric fermentation from ruminants. The commodities, beef and cattle milk, contribute the most to the sector’s GHG emissions. The ruminant’s production systems characterized by low productivity generate more GHG emissions than high production systems. The relationship between emission intensity and productivity is not clearly clarified for monogastric species. Application of different mitigation techniques could results in large environmental benefits with mitigation potential varies in interval from 14 to 41 % depending of the selected specie, production system and world’s region.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Poljoprivreda (agronomija)

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