Because a growing proportion of the beef output in many countries originates from dairy
herds, the most critical decisions about the genetic merit of most carcasses harvested are …

Africa is blessed with natural and mineral resources, but exploitation of these resources has
led to extreme pollution of the environment. Population growth and urbanization due to …

Livestock production, and especially beef production, has a major impact on the
environment. Environmental impacts, however, vary largely among beef systems …

Purpose The nutritional quality of final products is attracting an increased level of attention
within life cycle assessment (LCA) literature of agri-food systems. The majority of these …

Food loss is a major concern from both environmental and social point of view. Life Cycle
Assessment (LCA) has been largely applied to quantify the environmental impact of food …

Meat and dairy products in the food industry represent a significant portion of anthropogenic
green house gas emissions. To meet the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change …

In light of the SDG goals, carbon emissions from different food and food-related products
have been under serious scrutiny in recent years. Despite the increasing awareness of …

ABSTRACT A comprehensive approach to decisions about the use of land and other world
resources, taking full account of biological and other scientific information, is crucial for good …

The current tools that allow the application of precision agriculture in livestock systems are
undergoing growing diffusion. Given the significant share of anthropogenic greenhouse gas …

Cattle are the world's largest consumers of plant biomass. Digestion of this biomass by
ruminants generates high methane emissions that affect global warming. In the last …