Biomass use, production, feed efficiencies, and greenhouse gas emissions from global livestock systems

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cg.contributor.affiliationCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australiaen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Securityen
cg.contributor.crpLivestock and Fishen
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen
cg.contributor.donorEuropean Unionen
cg.creator.identifierMario Herrero: 0000-0002-7741-5090en
cg.creator.identifierPhilip Thornton: 0000-0002-1854-0182en
cg.creator.identifierDelia Grace: 0000-0002-0195-9489en
cg.creator.identifierAn Maria Omer Notenbaert: 0000-0002-6266-2240en
cg.creator.identifierMariana Rufino: 0000-0003-4293-3290en
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1308149110en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0027-8424en
cg.issn1091-6490en
cg.issue52en
cg.journalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of Americaen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL FEEDINGen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL PRODUCTIONen
cg.subject.ilriCLIMATE CHANGEen
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen
cg.volume110en
dc.contributor.authorHerrero, Marioen
dc.contributor.authorHavlík, Petren
dc.contributor.authorValin, Hugoen
dc.contributor.authorNotenbaert, An Maria Omeren
dc.contributor.authorRufino, Mariana C.en
dc.contributor.authorThornton, Philip K.en
dc.contributor.authorBlümmel, Michaelen
dc.contributor.authorWeiss, F.en
dc.contributor.authorGrace, Deliaen
dc.contributor.authorObersteiner, Michaelen
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-27T17:54:07Zen
dc.date.available2013-12-27T17:54:07Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/34298
dc.titleBiomass use, production, feed efficiencies, and greenhouse gas emissions from global livestock systemsen
dcterms.abstractWe present a unique, biologically consistent, spatially disaggregated global livestock dataset containing information on biomass use, production, feed efficiency, excretion, and greenhouse gas emissions for 28 regions, 8 livestock production systems, 4 animal species (cattle, small ruminants, pigs, and poultry), and 3 livestock products (milk, meat, and eggs). The dataset contains over 50 new global maps containing high-resolution information for understanding the multiple roles (biophysical, economic, social) that livestock can play in different parts of the world. The dataset highlights: (i) feed efficiency as a key driver of productivity, resource use, and greenhouse gas emission intensities, with vast differences between production systems and animal products; (ii) the importance of grasslands as a global resource, supplying almost 50% of biomass for animals while continuing to be at the epicentre of land conversion processes; and (iii) the importance of mixed crop–livestock systems, producing the greater part of animal production (over 60%) in both the developed and the developing world. These data provide critical information for developing targeted, sustainable solutions for the livestock sector and its widely ranging contribution to the global food system.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2013-12-16en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHerrero, M., Havlík, P., Valin, H., Notenbaert, A., Rufino, M.C., Thornton, P.K., Blümmel, M., Weiss, F., Grace, D. and Obersteiner, M. 2013. Biomass use, production, feed efficiencies, and greenhouse gas emissions from global livestock systems. PNAS 110(52): 20888-20893.en
dcterms.extentp. 20888-20893en
dcterms.issued2013-12-24en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden
dcterms.publisherNational Academy of Sciencesen
dcterms.subjectanimal feedingen
dcterms.subjectlivestocken
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen

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