[HTML][HTML] Research progress on greenhouse gas emissions from livestock in sub-Saharan Africa falls short of national inventory ambitions

MW Graham, K Butterbach-Bahl, CJL du Toit… - Frontiers in Soil …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Livestock are an important source of livelihoods in agricultural systems in sub-Saharan
Africa (SSA), while also being the largest source of national greenhouse gas (GHG) …

[HTML][HTML] Nitrous oxide emission factors for cattle dung and urine deposited onto tropical pastures: A review of field-based studies

Y Zhu, K Butterbach-Bahl, L Merbold, S Leitner… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2021 - Elsevier
Livestock excreta on pastures is an important source of nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emissions,
however studies measuring these emissions in tropical regions, particularly Africa, remain …

[HTML][HTML] Greenhouse gas emissions from sheep excreta deposited onto tropical pastures in Kenya

Y Zhu, K Butterbach-Bahl, L Merbold, CO Oduor… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2024 - Elsevier
To improve the estimate of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from tropical rangelands in
sub-Saharan Africa, we measured GHG emissions from sheep excreta over two periods of …

Ammonia and nitrous oxide emission factors for excreta deposited by livestock and land‐applied manure

TJ van der Weerden, A Noble… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Manure application to land and deposition of urine and dung by grazing animals are major
sources of ammonia (NH3) and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions. Using data on NH3 and N2O …

[HTML][HTML] Greenhouse gas emissions from cattle enclosures in semi-arid sub-Saharan Africa: The case of a rangeland in South-Central Kenya

SM Leitner, V Carbonell, RL Mhindu, Y Zhu… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2024 - Elsevier
Extensive livestock production in pastoral areas supports millions of livestock keepers in
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, it is also linked to environmental externalities such as …

[PDF][PDF] Are livestock always bad for the planet? Rethinking the protein transition and climate change debate

E Houzer, I Scoones - 2021 - cgspace.cgiar.org
Urgent climate challenges have triggered calls for radical, widespread changes in what we
eat, pushing for the drastic reduction if not elimination of animal-source foods from our diets …

New insights into the relationships between livestock grazing behaviors and soil organic carbon stock in an alpine grassland

Y Shen, Y Fang, H Chen, Z Ma, C Huang, X Wu… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2023 - Elsevier
Grazing affects soil carbon (C) storage in grassland ecosystems through livestock trampling,
defoliation, and excretion of urine and dung. However, independent effects of those grazing …

Are livestock always bad for the planet

E Houzer, I Scoones - … the protein transition and climate change …, 2021 - opendocs.ids.ac.uk
Urgent climate challenges have triggered calls for radical, widespread changes in what we
eat, pushing for the drastic reduction if not elimination of animal-source foods from our diets …

[HTML][HTML] Methane Exchange Flux Monitoring between Potential Source Sewage Inspection Wells and the Atmosphere Based on Laser Spectroscopy Method

Y Wang, X Zhao, D Dong, C Zhao, F Bao, R Guo, F Zhu… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Greenhouse gas emissions are changing the climate and affecting human activities. In cities,
the anaerobic environment in sewage inspection wells produces CH4, which is exchanged …

[HTML][HTML] Soil greenhouse gas emissions from different land utilization types in Western Kenya

E Kibet, CM Musafiri, M Kiboi, J Macharia… - Frontiers in Soil …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction There is a vast data gap for the national and regional greenhouse gas (GHG)
budget from different smallholder land utilization types in Kenya and sub-Saharan Africa …