Impact of animal breeding on GHG emissions and farm economics

M MacLeod; I Leinonen; E Wall; JGM Houdijk; V Eory; JB Burns; B Vosough Ahmadi; Manuel Gomez-Barbero

doi:10.2760/731326

Impact of animal breeding on GHG emissions and farm economics

M MacLeod, I Leinonen, E Wall, JGM Houdijk, V Eory, JB Burns, B Vosough Ahmadi, Manuel Gomez-Barbero

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Abstract

This report reviews the existing evidence regarding the current and potential use of animal breeding to reduce GHG emissions. It also comments on the likely impact of breeding on farm economics, identifies barriers to achieving GHG reductions via breeding and highlights some future research needs.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg
Publisher	European Commission
Commissioning body	European Commission Joint Research Centre Institute
Number of pages	48
Edition	EUR 29844 EN
ISBN (Electronic)	978-92-76-10943
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2760/731326
Publication status	Print publication - 17 Sept 2019

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Livestock
Animal genetics
agricultural economics
animal breeding
reduction of gas emissions
research report

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