EU reaches agreement on national emission reductions from agriculture
European Green Deal: EU reaches agreement on national emission reductions from transport, buildings, waste and agriculture.
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Anaerobic digestion in France
France has more than 1,400 anaerobic digestion facilities, with the agricultural sector accounting for 47% of the total.
Denmark is working on a state-controlled climate food label
Denmark is to be the first country in the world to have a state-controlled climate label for foods.
EU: greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture have stagnated since 2010
EU greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture fell by more than 20% since 1990, but have stagnated since 2010.
Colombia commits to sustainable pig farming using biogas
The Ministry of Environment and Porkcolombia present the "Biogas Guide for the Colombian Pig Industry."
Spain: Nitrogen emission calculator for pig manure
Proper manure management is crucial, and farmers are the ones primarily responsible.
Rules to calculate and to migate the environmental performance of the red meat
The European Livestock and Meat Trades Union (UECBV) has developed a document with the aim of creating a comprehensive and harmonised scientific methodology that can be used by the industry stakeholders to calculate the product environmental footprint of red meat and to determine the impact of the red meat supply chain.
EU: to facilitate a sustainable use of fertilisers for all farmers
The Farm Sustainability Tool for Nutrients (FaST) aims to facilitate a sustainable use of fertilisers for all farmers in the EU.
Sizing up livestock farming’s carbon footprint
A new and interactive tool released by FAO allows farmers, policy makers and scientists to calculate meat, milk and eggs production as well as greenhouse-gas emissions from livestock to make the sector more productive and more climate-friendly.
Brazil: Assessment of a Low-Carbon Pig Breeding project
A team of pig consultants working in the Low-Carbon Pig Breeding project has been visiting pig farms in Mato Grosso.
FAO: GLEAM, a comprehensive life cycle assessment of livestock sector’s environmental impacts
The Global Livestock Environmental Assessment Model provides detailed data on animal numbers, production and emissions.
Brazil prioritizes pig production within the low carbon emissions plan
The sustainable pig production with low carbon emissions to the atmosphere will be one of the priorities for the Ministry of Agriculture of Brazil in 2015 within the ABC (Low Carbon Emission Agriculture) Plan.
European Union: new report from Expert Panel on Nitrogen and Food
A new report from the Expert Panel on Nitrogen and Food, of the Task Force on Reactive Nitrogen, quantifies for the first time how much our food choices affect pollutant nitrogen emissions, climate change and land-use across Europe.
United Kingdom: pig industry slashes GHG emissions
Two years after the publication of the BPEX Roadmap, the reduction in climate change potential (carbon footprint) already achieved is beyond expectation, far exceeding the overall 2020 target.
United States: a 50 year comparison of the carbon footprint and resource use of the swine herd
The carbon footprint per pound of dressed carcass produced has been reduced 35% from 3.8 kg/CO2e to 2.5 kg/CO2e.
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NewsAustralia's first carbon farming piggery
The CFI project uses the Destruction of Methane Generated from Manure in Piggeries methodology determination, developed in collaboration with the Australian Government.