Fertilizers have become an essential part of our global food supply chain and are necessary
to sustain our growing population. However, fertilizers can also contribute to greenhouse …

Animal husbandry, aquaculture and fishery have major impacts on the environment. In order
to identify the range of impacts and the most important factors thereof, as well as to identify …

The livestock and environment nexus has been the subject of considerable research in the
past decade. With a more prosperous and urbanized population projected to grow …

The livestock sector contributes considerably to global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG).
Here, for the year 2007 we examined GHG emissions in the EU 27 livestock sector and …

This article presents a cradle-to-grave analysis of the United States fluid milk supply chain
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are accounted from fertilizer production through …

Two most critical factors to address in environmental system analysis of future milk
production are 1) the link between milk and beef production, and 2) the competition for land …

Life-cycle assessment (LCA) is the preferred methodology to assess carbon footprint per unit
of milk. The objective of this case study was to apply an LCA method to compare carbon …

Reducing carbon footprints is an important part of sustainable development. Although there
has been increasing research attention to this topic, little is known about the status of …

Cattle production is characterized by high land requirements, and greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions associated with the resulting land use change (LUC) and cradle to farm gate …

This work analyzes the environmental impacts of milk production in an intensive dairy farm
situated in the Northern Italy region of the Po Valley. Three manure management scenarios …