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TitleStrategies to Mitigate Enteric Methane Emissions by Ruminants
Date2018
AbstractTo meet the 1.5°C target, methane (CH4) from ruminants must be reduced by 11 to 30% of the 2010 level by 2030 and by 24 to 47% by 2050. A meta-analysis identified strategies to decrease product-based [PB; CH4 per unit meat or milk (CH4I)] and absolute (ABS) enteric CH4 emissions while maintaining or increasing animal productivity (AP; weight gain and milk yield). Next the potential of different adoption rates of one PB and/or ABS strategies to contribute to the 1.5°C target was estimated. The database included findings from 425 peer-reviewed studies, which reported 98 mitigation strategies that can be classified into three categories: animal and feed management, diet formulation, and rumen manipulation. A random-effects meta-analysis weighted by inverse variance was carried out. Three PB strategies, namely increasing feeding level, decreasing grass maturity, and decreasing dietary forage-to-concentrate ratio, decreased CH4I by on average 12% and increased AP by a median of 17%. Five ABS strategies, namely CH4 inhibitors, tanniferous forages, electron sinks, oils and fats, and oilseeds, decreased daily methane by on average 21%. Globally, only 100% adoption of the most effective PB and ABS strategies can meet the 1.5°C target by 2030 but not 2050, because mitigation effects are offset by projected increases in CH4 due to increasing demand. Notably, by 2030 and 2050 low- and middle-income countries may not meet their contribution to the 1.5°C target for this same reason, whereas high income countries could meet their contributions due to only a minor projected increase in enteric CH4 emissions.
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Data DOIdoi:10.26208/6em7-k817

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Arndt, C.
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi 00100, Kenya
Hristov, A. N.
Penn State Department of Animal Science
Price, W. J.
University of Idaho
McClelland, S. C.
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA
Pelaez, A. M.
Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Cueva, S. F.
Penn State Department of Animal Science
Oh, J.
Penn State Department of Animal Science
Bannink, A.
Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Bayat, A. R.
Natural Resources Institute Finland, Helsinki, Finland
Crompton, L. A.
University of Reading, Earley Gate, Reading, UK
Dijkstra, J.
Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Eugène, M. A.
INRAE, UCA-VAS, UMRH Centre ARA, Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France
Enahoro, D.
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi 00100, Kenya
Kebreab, E.
University of California at Davis
Kreuzer, M.
ETH Zurich, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Zürich, Switzerland
McGee, M.
Teagasc, AGRIC, Grange, Ireland
Martin, C.
INRAE, UCA-VAS, UMRH Centre ARA, Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France
Newbold, C. J.
SRUC, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Reynolds, C. K.
University of Reading, Earley Gate, Reading, UK
Schwarm, A.
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas, Norway
Shingfield, K. J.
Natural Resources Institute Finland, Helsinki, Finland
Veneman, J. B.
De Heus Animal Nutrition, Ede, The Netherlands
Yáñez-Ruiz, D. R.
Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Granada, Spain
Yu, Z.
The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA

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