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February 28, 2014

Better livestock diets to combat climate change and improve food security
Vienna, Austria (SPX) Feb 28, 2014
Livestock production is responsible for 12% of human-related greenhouse gas emissions, primarily coming from land use change and deforestation caused by expansion of agriculture, as well as methane released by the animals themselves, with a lesser amount coming from manure management and feed production. "There is a lot of discussion about reduction of meat in the diets as a way to reduce emissions," says IIASA researcher Petr Havlik, who led the study "But our results show that targeting the prod ... read more

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