Climate change, animal product consumption and the future of food systems
Duteurtre G., Assouma M.H., Poccard-Chapuis R., Dumas P., Touré I., Corniaux C., Wane A., Ickowicz A., Blanfort V.. 2019. In : Dury Sandrine (ed.), Bendjebbar Pauline (ed), Hainzelin Etienne (ed.), Giordano Thierry (ed.), Bricas Nicolas (ed.). Food systems at risk. New trends and challenges. Rome : CIRAD; FAO, p. 39-42.
The livestock sector contributes around 14.5 percent of total anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Developing mitigation strategies is a serious challenge, especially if we anticipate a rapid growth in the consumption of animal products in Low-Income (LI) and Lower Middle-Income (LMI) countries. Across the planet, livestock systems are highly diverse and the livestock sector offers many possibilities for carbon sinking that can help to reduce emissions. In particular, carbon sequestration in grasslands, rangelands and feed crop fields and manure recycling are crucial in the assessment of the carbon efficiency of livestock value chains. Supporting sustainable livestock production systems, together with sustainable animal product market chains and consumption, requires the completion of GHG inventories based on landscape carbon balances.
Mots-clés : élevage; système de production; consommation alimentaire; viande; impact sur l'environnement; changement climatique
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Agents Cirad, auteurs de cette publication :
- Assouma Mohamed Habibou — Es / UMR SELMET
- Blanfort Vincent — Es / UMR SELMET
- Corniaux Christian — Es / UMR SELMET
- Dumas Patrice — Es / UMR CIRED
- Duteurtre Guillaume — Es / UMR SELMET
- Ickowicz Alexandre — Es / UMR SELMET
- Poccard Chapuis René — Es / UMR SELMET
- Touré Ibra — Dgdrs / Dgdrs
- Wane Abdrahmane — Es / UMR SELMET