When arable land is the limit: Paths for future livestock production – An example from Norway

Hanne Fjerdingby Olsen, Stine Samsonstuen, Lisbeth Mogensen, Elin Röös, Marie Trydeman Knudsen and Hanne Møller

Agricultural Systems, 2025, vol. 229, issue C

Abstract: The global food system contributes significantly to environmental degradation, with livestock production driving greenhouse gas emissions and feed-food competition. Norway, with only 3.5 % arable land, faces challenges balancing food security with reducing environmental impacts.

Keywords: Livestock production system; Climate change; Land use; Biodiversity; Resource efficiency; Feed-food competition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308521X25001866
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:agisys:v:229:y:2025:i:c:s0308521x25001866

DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2025.104446

Access Statistics for this article

Agricultural Systems is currently edited by J.W. Hansen, P.K. Thornton and P.B.M. Berentsen

More articles in Agricultural Systems from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().