Enteric methane mitigation strategies for ruminant livestock systems in the Latin America and Caribbean region: A meta-analysis. (20th August 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Congio, Guilhermo Francklin de Souza; Bannink, André; Mayorga Mogollón, Olga Lucía; Hristov, Alexander Nikolov; Jaurena, Gustavo; Gonda, Horacio; Gere, José Ignacio; Cerón-Cucchi, María Esperanza; Ortiz-Chura, Abimael; Tieri, María Paz; Hernández, Olegario; Ricci, Patricia; Juliarena, María Paula; Lombardi, Banira; Abdalla, Adibe Luiz; Abdalla-Filho, Adibe Luiz; Berndt, Alexandre; Oliveira, Patrícia Perondi Anchão; Henrique, Fábio Luis; Monteiro, Alda Lúcia Gomes; Borges, Luiza Ilha; Ribeiro-Filho, Henrique Mendonça Nunes; Pereira, Luiz Gustavo Ribeiro; Tomich, Thierry Ribeiro; Campos, Mariana Magalhães; Machado, Fernanda Samarini; Marcondes, Marcos Inácio; Mercadante, Maria Eugênia Zerlotti; Sakamoto, Leandro Sannomiya; Albuquerque, Lucia Galvão; Carvalho, Paulo César de Faccio; Rossetto, Jusiane; Savian, Jean Víctor; Rodrigues, Paulo Henrique Mazza; Júnior, Flávio Perna; Moreira, Tainá Silvestre; Maurício, Rogério Martins; Pacheco Rodrigues, João Paulo; Borges, Ana Luiza da Costa Cruz; Reis e Silva, Ricardo; Lage, Helena Ferreira; Reis, Ricardo Andrade; Ruggieri, Ana Cláudia; Cardoso, Abmael da Silva; da Silva, Sila Carneiro; Chiavegato, Marília Barbosa; Valadares-Filho, Sebastião de Campos; Silva, Flávia Adriane de Sales; Zanetti, Diego; Berchielli, Telma Teresinha; Messana, Juliana Duarte; Muñoz, Camila; Ariza-Nieto, Claudia Janeth; Sierra-Alarcón, Andrea Milena; Gualdrón-Duarte, Laura Bibiana; Mestra-Vargas, Lorena Inés; Molina-Botero, Isabel Cristina; Barahona-Rosales, Rolando; Arango, Jacobo; Gaviria-Uribe, Xiomara; Giraldo Valderrama, Luis Alfonso; Rosero-Noguera, Jaime Ricardo; Posada-Ochoa, Sandra Lucía; Abarca-Monge, Sergio; Soto-Blanco, Roberto; Ku-Vera, Juan Carlos; Jiménez-Ocampo, Rafael; Flores-Santiago, Ever del Jesus; Castelán-Ortega, Octavio Alonso; Vázquez-Carrillo, María Fernanda; Benaouda, Mohammed; Gómez-Bravo, Carlos Alfredo; Bolovich, Víctor Ilich Alvarado; Céspedes, Medardo Antonio Díaz; Astigarraga, Laura;
• Is Part Of: Journal of cleaner production. Volume 312(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-08-20
• Subjects: Enteric methane -- Mitigation -- Cattle -- Sheep -- Greenhouse gas emissions -- Global warming; Factory and trade waste -- Management -- Periodicals; Manufactures -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; Déchets industriels -- Gestion -- Périodiques; Usines -- Aspect de l'environnement -- Périodiques; 628.5
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127693
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0959-6526

Abstract

Abstract: Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) is a developing region characterized for its importance for global food security, producing 23 and 11% of the global beef and milk production, respectively. The region's ruminant livestock sector however, is under scrutiny on environmental grounds due to its large contribution to enteric methane (CH4 ) emissions and influence on global climate change. Thus, the identification of effective CH4 mitigation strategies which do not compromise animal performance is urgently needed, especially in context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) defined in the Paris Agreement of the United Nations. Therefore, the objectives of the current study were to: 1) collate a database of individual sheep, beef and dairy cattle records from enteric CH4 emission studies conducted in the LAC region, and 2) perform a meta-analysis to identify feasible enteric CH4 mitigation strategies, which do not compromise animal performance. After outlier's removal, 2745 animal records (65% of the original data) from 103 studies were retained (from 2011 to 2021) in the LAC database. Potential mitigation strategies were classified into three main categories ( i.e., animal breeding, dietary, and rumen manipulation) and up to three subcategories, totaling 34 evaluated strategies. A random effects model weighted by inverse variance was used (Comprehensive Meta-Analysis V3.3.070). Six strategies decreased at least one enteric CH4 metric and simultaneously increased milk yield (MY; dairy cattle) or average daily gain (ADG; beef cattle and sheep). The breed composition F1 Holstein × Gyr decreased CH4 emission per MY (CH4 IMilk ) while increasing MY by 99%. Adequate strategies of grazing management under continuous and rotational stocking decreased CH4 emission per ADG (CH4 IGain ) by 22 and 35%, while increasing ADG by 22 and 71%, respectively. Increased dietary protein concentration, and increased concentrate level through cottonseed meal inclusion, decreased CH4 IMilk and CH4 IGain by 10 and 20% and increased MY and ADG by 12 and 31%, respectively. Lastly, increased feeding level decreased CH4 IGain by 37%, while increasing ADG by 171%. The identified effective mitigation strategies can be adopted by livestock producers according to their specific needs and aid LAC countries in achieving SDG as defined in the Paris Agreement. Graphical abstract: Image 1 Highlights: The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) cattle livestock encompasses 28% of global herd. Thirty-four potential enteric methane (CH4 ) mitigation strategies were evaluated. Six strategies decreased CH4 emission while increased animal productivity. They can be adopted by livestock producers according to their specific needs. And promptly aid LAC countries in achieving SDG as defined in the Paris Agreement.