Impact of the intensification of beef production in Brazil on greenhouse gas emissions and land use

Brazil has the largest herd of beef cattle in the world, estimated at approximately 200 million animals. Production is predominantly pasture-based and low input and hence time to slaughter is long, which promotes high methane (CH4) emissions per kg of product. The objective of this study was to inve...

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Veröffentlicht in:Agricultural systems 2016-03, Vol.143, p.86-96
Hauptverfasser: Cardoso, Abmael S., Berndt, Alexandre, Leytem, April, Alves, Bruno J.R., de Carvalho, Isabel das N.O., de Barros Soares, Luis Henrique, Urquiaga, Segundo, Boddey, Robert M.
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