Challenges and opportunities for improving eco-efficiency of tropical forage-based systems to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions

Challenges and opportunities for improving eco-efficiency of tropical forage-based systems to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions

<p>Forage-based livestock production plays a key role in national and regional economies, for food security and poverty alleviation, but is considered a major contributor to agricultural GHG emissions. While demand for livestock products is predicted to increase, there is political and societa...

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Main Authors: Michael Peters, Mario Herrero, Myles Fisher, Karl-Heinz Erb, Idupulapati Rao, Guntur V. Subbarao, Aracely Castro, Jacobo Arango, Julián Chará, Enrique Murgueitio, Rein van der Hoek, Peter Läderach, Glenn Hyman, Jeimar Tapasco, Bernardo Strassburg, Birthe Paul, Alvaro Rincón, Rainer Schultze-Kraft, Steve Fonte, Timothy Searchinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical 2013-12-01
Series:Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales
Online Access:http://tropicalgrasslands.info/index.php/tgft/article/view/80

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