Final outcomes II: Emissions reduction on organic dairy farms
Reducing emissions through efficient dairy farming and renewable energy on organic farms
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Detail description
This study identifies best practices for reducing greenhouse gas emissions on organic dairy farms. Key interventions include optimizing feeding strategies, improving animal welfare, controlling emissions, and adopting renewable energy. Increasing milk production yields the greatest carbon footprint reduction, followed by replacing non-farm feed with locally sourced forage. Enhancing forage digestibility from 65% to 70% significantly lowers environmental impact. Reducing the replacement rate of unproductive cattle also proves effective. Photovoltaic panel installation ranks as a top energy intervention, while energy-saving measures show lower effectiveness. Findings supported by EU funding via EU-FarmBook.
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Contribution detail info
- Project
Best practices for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions on organic farms
Best practices for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions on organic farms
- Location
- Italy
- Authors
- C.R.P.V. - Centro Ricerche Produzioni Vegetali
- Purpose
- Support decision-making and strategic planning, Evaluation, Predict trends and forecast outcomes
- File type
- document
- Created on
- Dec 31, 2020
- Origin language
- English
- Official project website
- Best practices for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions on organic farms
- License
- CC BY
- Keywords