Measuring, recording and verifying greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation
This report presents methodology for quantification of greenhouse gas emissions and fossil energy use of poultry products, including information on compiling and recording inventory data, life cycle assessment (LCA), and interpretation of LCA results. The goal is to provide a harmonized international approach to the assessment of the environmental performance of poultry supply chains.
FAO
2016
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Rome, Italy
This paper describes the current approach used to model enhanced livestock densities of the world, adjusted to match official FAOSTAT national estimates for the reference year 2005. It presents new global distribution maps for cattle, pigs, and chickens. The digital layers are publicly available here.
Robinson TP, Wint GRW, Conchedda G, Van Boeckel TP, Ercoli V, Palamara E, Cinardi G, D’Aietti L, Hay SI, Gilbert, M
2014
PLoS ONE
This report describes a standard set of GHG estimation methods for use by US Department of Agriculture (USDA), landowners, and other stakeholders to evaluate the GHG impacts of their management decisions. It provides methods suitable for GHG inventory efforts at the entity, farm, or forest scale, with possible implications for regional and national scale assessments as well. All IPCC AFOLU emissions sources and sinks are included.
Eve M, Pape D, Flugge M, Steele R, Man D, Riley‐Gilbert M, S Biggar [Eds.]
2014
Technical Bulletin Number 1939, Office of the Chief Economist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
This report presents results from a life cycle assessment (LCA) that studied greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions along livestock supply chains. The Global Livestock Environmental Assessment Model (GLEAM) was used in the assessment. This assessment determined that emissions produced by pig and chicken supply chains are relatively low. Mitigation of GHG emissions should focus on reductions in emission intensity regarding scale and rate of growth of these two sectors.
FAO
2016
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Rome, Italy