The rumen microbiome: a crucial consideration when optimising milk and meat production and nitrogen utilisation efficiency

C Matthews, F Crispie, E Lewis, M Reid… - Gut …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Methane is generated in the foregut of all ruminant animals by the microorganisms present.
Dietary manipulation is regarded as the most effective and most convenient way to reduce …

[HTML][HTML] Invited review: Enteric methane in dairy cattle production: Quantifying the opportunities and impact of reducing emissions

JR Knapp, GL Laur, PA Vadas, WP Weiss… - Journal of dairy …, 2014 - Elsevier
Many opportunities exist to reduce enteric methane (CH 4) and other greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions per unit of product from ruminant livestock. Research over the past century …

Technical potentials and costs for reducing global anthropogenic methane emissions in the 2050 timeframe–results from the GAINS model

L Höglund-Isaksson, A Gómez-Sanabria… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Methane is the second most important greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide contributing to
human-made global warming. Kee** to the Paris Agreement of staying well below two …

Greenhouse gas mitigation in agriculture

P Smith, D Martino, Z Cai, D Gwary… - … transactions of the …, 2008 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Agricultural lands occupy 37% of the earth's land surface. Agriculture accounts for 52 and
84% of global anthropogenic methane and nitrous oxide emissions. Agricultural soils may …

Nutritional management for enteric methane abatement: a review

KA Beauchemin, M Kreuzer, F O'mara… - Australian Journal of …, 2008 - CSIRO Publishing
A variety of nutritional management strategies that reduce enteric methane (CH4) production
are discussed. Strategies such as increasing the level of grain in the diet, inclusion of lipids …

Methane mitigation in ruminants: from microbe to the farm scale

C Martin, DP Morgavi, M Doreau - Animal, 2010 - cambridge.org
Decreasing enteric methane (CH4) emissions from ruminants without altering animal
production is desirable both as a strategy to reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) …

Comparing environmental impacts of beef production systems: A review of life cycle assessments

M De Vries, CE Van Middelaar, IJM De Boer - Livestock Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Livestock production, and especially beef production, has a major impact on the
environment. Environmental impacts, however, vary largely among beef systems …

Livestock-related greenhouse gas emissions: impacts and options for policy makers

T Garnett - Environmental science & policy, 2009 - Elsevier
Research shows that livestock account for a significant proportion of greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions and global consumption of livestock products is growing rapidly. This paper …

Mitigating the greenhouse gas balance of ruminant production systems through carbon sequestration in grasslands

JF Soussana, T Tallec, V Blanfort - animal, 2010 - cambridge.org
Soil carbon sequestration (enhanced sinks) is the mechanism responsible for most of the
greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation potential in the agriculture sector. Carbon sequestration in …

Agricultural methane emissions and the potential formitigation

P Smith, D Reay, J Smith - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Agriculture is the largest anthropogenic source of methane (CH4), emitting 145 Tg CH4 y− 1
to the atmosphere in 2017. The main sources are enteric fermentation, manure …