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Accelerating Low Emissions Development for Ruminant Livestock Production - EP/GLO/652/UEP

Year of publication 2019

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Ruminant production provides a pathway out of poverty for an estimated 800 million farmers. However, despite its role on food security and livelihoods, ruminant production is also a large contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, especially methane. The emissions intensity of enteric methane (the level of enteric methane emissions per unit of product) varies across regions, as well as between and within production systems. Emissions intensity for ruminant products in developing countries is usually higher due to the low productivity of the animals. Productivity is low and largely variable mainly because of poor and limited feed resources, diseases and poor management. Growing levels of demand for livestock products in developing countries means improving the productivity and efficiency of livestock production is high on the agenda. This project complemented existing efforts to mitigate ruminant methane emissions, including innovative and collaborative solutions among researchers, farmers and practitioners, to evaluate the mitigation potential and cost-effectiveness of technical and management practices that can generate benefits for farmers. The project provided evidence that can support ruminant production systems in developing countries to address methane mitigation through productivity gains with the use of low-cost mitigation options, while providing direct economic and social benefits to farmers.

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