Methane emissions from cattle production – Issues in meeting the Kyoto targets

John Rolfe and Veronika Zeil

No 125871, 2001 Conference (45th), January 23-25, 2001, Adelaide, Australia from Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society

Abstract: Methane is a greenhouse gas that is emitted mainly by livestock, and accounts for about 14% of national greenhouse gas emissions. If Australia is to meet the Kyoto targets, then greater attention is likely to be focused on ways that methane emissions can be reduced. The three main options to reduce methane emissions are to reduce livestock numbers (particularly in rangelands areas), reduce emissions per kilogram of beef produced (by improving feed efficiency and other factors), or to manipulate microbial activity in the rumen by biological, chemical or immunological control agents.

Keywords: Environmental Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19
Date: 2001-01
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.125871

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