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Reduction of emissions from Brazilian cattle raising and the generation of energy: Intensification and confinement potentials

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  • Palermo, Giuseppe Cernicchiaro
  • d׳Avignon, Alexandre Louis de Almeida
  • Freitas, Marcos Aurélio Vasconcelos

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The identification of the main sources of anthropic greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) associated with the mitigation and removal of these emissions has become an important instrument in the attenuation of the climatic changes predicted by the IPCC. The largest emission source in Brazil is forest conversion. This land use change has always had a strong relationship with the expansion of agriculture, an activity of great importance in the country, which has the largest commercial cattle herd in the planet. Following the considerable reduction in emissions from deforestation, agriculture has been since 2010 the most important source (MCTI (Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação), 2013. Brasília: Ministério daCiência, Tecnologia e Inovação, Brasil). Seeking to discover the possibilities of altering the emissions profile in the agricultural sector, four scenarios were developed related to how this is dealt with in the beef cattle sector, calculating the potential removal of carbon from the atmosphere through natural regeneration of biomes. The results suggest that picketing and rotation scenario has the greatest potential, with a carbon reduction of 17.7GtCO2eq, while the shared raising with grain legumes scenario has the lowest calculated reduction potential of 7.1GtCO2eq was calculated. The animal confinement scenario had an intermediary reduction potential of 8.3GtCO2eq. The mosaic of methods scenario, in which it is attempted to simulate the parallel adoption of the measures proposed in all other scenarios, had a reduction potential of 13.1GtCO2eq. In the scenarios where animal confinement occurs, the treatment of waste with biodigestion allows the generation of biogas and biofertilizers, contributing to an increase in the potential carbon reduction.

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  • Palermo, Giuseppe Cernicchiaro & d׳Avignon, Alexandre Louis de Almeida & Freitas, Marcos Aurélio Vasconcelos, 2014. "Reduction of emissions from Brazilian cattle raising and the generation of energy: Intensification and confinement potentials," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 68(C), pages 28-38.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:enepol:v:68:y:2014:i:c:p:28-38
    DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.01.041
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    1. Julio Cesar Silva Junior & Andrei Lucas Michaelsen & Mauro Scalvi & Miguel Gomes Pacheco, 2020. "Forecast of electric energy generation potential from swine manure in Santa Catarina, Brazil," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 22(3), pages 2305-2319, March.
    2. Ana Beatriz Santos & Marcos Heil Costa, 2018. "Do Large Slaughterhouses Promote Sustainable Intensification of Cattle Ranching in Amazonia and the Cerrado?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(9), pages 1-28, September.

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