Greenhouse gas emissions from the dairy sector – a life cycle assessment

This report aims to identify low carbon development pathways for the livestock sector. It objectives are (i) to disaggregate the initial estimates of livestock sector’s contribution and assess the dairy sector’s contribution to GHG emissions and (ii) identify the major GHG “hotspots” along the dairy food chain. This assessment produces estimates of GHG emissions for:

• major dairy cattle products and related services;
• predominant dairy production systems (e.g. grass-based, mixed crop-livestock);
• main world regions and agro-ecological zones; and
• major production stages along the dairy food chain.

FAO

2010

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Rome, Italy