The grazing cow – A carbon paradox
2024
Delaby, Luc | Physiologie, Environnement et Génétique pour l'Animal et les Systèmes d'Elevage [Rennes] (PEGASE) ; Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Rennes Angers ; Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro) | Brian McCarthy | Michael Dineen
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Show more [+] Less [-]English. • Ruminants, due to enteric methane emissions, contribute to global warming but also play an important role in grasslands utilisation and high-quality food production. This is the carbon (C) paradox.• The role of agriculture and ruminants in climate change has to be considered relative to other sectors and the evolution of their contribution since the beginning of the20th century.• Grasslands have the potential to sequester C, which helps to reduce global warming, and provide many other ecosystem services.• A large part of these ecosystem services are closely linked to the presence of ruminants and grazing.• Looking beyond climate change, considering other issues that are vital to the future of the planet encourages the maintenance of ruminant livestock farming that makes the most of grassland.
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