Examining ways to reduce methane emissions from cattle

摘要

With the global population set to reach an estimated 10 billion people by 2050, action on climate change with rising populations has pushed the livestock industry to improve their sustainability objectives in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Whilst there is an argument to say that livestock are the tip of the iceberg when it comes to GHGs, ruminants are nevertheless major contributors to the agricultural sector's emissions and, according to the FAO, account for almost 6% of the global anthropogenic GHG emissions.