The effects of potential changes in United States beef production on global grazing systems and greenhouse gas emissions
We couple a global agricultural production and trade model with a greenhouse gas model to assess leakage associated with modified beef production in the United States. The effects on emissions from agricultural production (i.e., methane and nitrous oxide emissions from livestock and crop management)...
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| author | Jerome Dumortier Dermot J Hayes Miguel Carriquiry Fengxia Dong Xiaodong Du Amani Elobeid Jacinto F Fabiosa Pamela A Martin Kranti Mulik |
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| description | We couple a global agricultural production and trade model with a greenhouse gas model to assess leakage associated with modified beef production in the United States. The effects on emissions from agricultural production (i.e., methane and nitrous oxide emissions from livestock and crop management) as well as from land-use change, especially grazing system, are assessed. We find that a reduction of US beef production induces net carbon emissions from global land-use change ranging from 37 to 85 kg CO _2 -equivalent per kg of beef annualized over 20 years. The increase in emissions is caused by an inelastic domestic demand as well as more land-intensive cattle production systems internationally. Changes in livestock production systems such as increasing stocking rate could partially offset emission increases from pasture expansion. In addition, net emissions from enteric fermentation increase because methane emissions per kilogram of beef tend to be higher globally. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c4245bde27734fcb8e35a4848529d0342023-08-09T14:21:33ZengIOP PublishingEnvironmental Research Letters1748-93262012-01-017202402310.1088/1748-9326/7/2/024023The effects of potential changes in United States beef production on global grazing systems and greenhouse gas emissionsJerome Dumortier0Dermot J Hayes1Miguel Carriquiry2Fengxia Dong3Xiaodong Du4Amani Elobeid5Jacinto F Fabiosa6Pamela A Martin7Kranti Mulik8School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis , Indianapolis, IN 46202, USADepartment of Economics, Iowa State University , Ames, IA 50011, USADepartment of Economics, Iowa State University , Ames, IA 50011, USADepartment of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin—Madison , Madison, WI 53706, USADepartment of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin—Madison , Madison, WI 53706, USADepartment of Economics, Iowa State University , Ames, IA 50011, USADepartment of Economics, Iowa State University , Ames, IA 50011, USADepartment of Earth Sciences and Department of Geography, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis , Indianapolis, IN 46202, USAFood and Environment Program, Union of Concerned Scientists , Washington, DC 20006, USAWe couple a global agricultural production and trade model with a greenhouse gas model to assess leakage associated with modified beef production in the United States. The effects on emissions from agricultural production (i.e., methane and nitrous oxide emissions from livestock and crop management) as well as from land-use change, especially grazing system, are assessed. We find that a reduction of US beef production induces net carbon emissions from global land-use change ranging from 37 to 85 kg CO _2 -equivalent per kg of beef annualized over 20 years. The increase in emissions is caused by an inelastic domestic demand as well as more land-intensive cattle production systems internationally. Changes in livestock production systems such as increasing stocking rate could partially offset emission increases from pasture expansion. In addition, net emissions from enteric fermentation increase because methane emissions per kilogram of beef tend to be higher globally.https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/7/2/024023land-use changegreenhouse gas emissionspasture expansionbeef production |
| spellingShingle | Jerome Dumortier Dermot J Hayes Miguel Carriquiry Fengxia Dong Xiaodong Du Amani Elobeid Jacinto F Fabiosa Pamela A Martin Kranti Mulik The effects of potential changes in United States beef production on global grazing systems and greenhouse gas emissions Environmental Research Letters land-use change greenhouse gas emissions pasture expansion beef production |
| title | The effects of potential changes in United States beef production on global grazing systems and greenhouse gas emissions |
| title_full | The effects of potential changes in United States beef production on global grazing systems and greenhouse gas emissions |
| title_fullStr | The effects of potential changes in United States beef production on global grazing systems and greenhouse gas emissions |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effects of potential changes in United States beef production on global grazing systems and greenhouse gas emissions |
| title_short | The effects of potential changes in United States beef production on global grazing systems and greenhouse gas emissions |
| title_sort | effects of potential changes in united states beef production on global grazing systems and greenhouse gas emissions |
| topic | land-use change greenhouse gas emissions pasture expansion beef production |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/7/2/024023 |
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