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Impact of animal breeding on GHG emissions and farm economics

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  • Michael MacLeod

    (Scotland’s Rural College)

  • Ilkka Leinonen

    (Scotland’s Rural College)

  • Eileen Wall

    (Scotland’s Rural College)

  • Jos Houdijk

    (Scotland’s Rural College)

  • Vera Eory

    (Scotland’s Rural College)

  • Jay Burns

    (Scotland’s Rural College)

  • Bouda Ahmadi

    (FAO)

  • Manuel Gomez Barbero

    (European Commission - JRC)

Abstract

This report reviews the existing evidence regarding the current and potential use of animal breeding to reduce GHG emissions. It also comments on the likely impact of breeding on farm economics, identifies barriers to achieving GHG reductions via breeding and highlights some future research needs. The project focuses on the following livestock commodities within the EU-28: cattle meat, cattle milk, pigmeat, chicken meat and hen’s eggs. Together these account for approximately 95% of the emissions from European livestock (measured from cradle to farm gate, i.e. including on-farm emissions plus emissions arising pre-farm from the production of inputs such as feed, fertiliser and fuel).

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  • Michael MacLeod & Ilkka Leinonen & Eileen Wall & Jos Houdijk & Vera Eory & Jay Burns & Bouda Ahmadi & Manuel Gomez Barbero, 2019. "Impact of animal breeding on GHG emissions and farm economics," JRC Research Reports JRC117897, Joint Research Centre.
    • Handle: RePEc:ipt:iptwpa:jrc117897
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    1. Ottosen, Mathias & Mackenzie, Stephen G. & Filipe, Joao A.N. & Misiura, Maciek M. & Kyriazakis, Ilias, 2021. "Changes in the environmental impacts of pig production systems in Great Britain over the last 18 years," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 189(C).
    2. Amir Hossein Nobil & Erfan Nobil & Leopoldo Eduardo Cárdenas-Barrón & Dagoberto Garza-Núñez & Gerardo Treviño-Garza & Armando Céspedes-Mota & Imelda de Jesús Loera-Hernández & Neale R. Smith, 2023. "Economic Order Quantity for Growing Items with Mortality Function under Sustainable Green Breeding Policy," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 11(4), pages 1-21, February.

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    EU agriculture; climate change mitigation; technologies; livestock sector; animal breeding.;
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