Silvipastorism promotes low carbon production
sexta-feira, outubro 21, 2022
Reducing methane emissions produced by livestock, and at the same time offering the national and international market carbon-free meat throughout its production process, will be possible thanks to the initiative of professors and students of the Faculty of Agrarian Sciences of the National University of Colombia (UNAL) Medellín Campus.
The objective of the project "Conformation of productive livestock landscapes with low carbon footprint and high animal welfare, oriented to the sustainability of the sector in Antioquia" is to implement sustainable livestock landscapes for its productive and environmental reconversion, with silvopastoral strategies.
This production system combines trees, grasses and ruminant animals in the same place, for the sake of environmental sustainability and the welfare of the species. This will begin with the implementation of two livestock centers in the areas of Urabá and Bajo Cauca, on five farms per region – between 400 and 500 hectares – in the municipalities of Arboletes, Necoclí, San Pedro de Urabá, Nechí, Cáceres and Caucasia, aiming at sustainable livestock reconversion, with low carbon footprint and high animal welfare.
In addition, constant monitoring will be carried out to characterize their life cycles and generate future market niches for sustainable meats, through increased productive performance of the sector and mitigation of its contributions in greenhouse gases (GHG) to climate change.
Professor Luis Alfonso Giraldo Valderrama, from the Department of Animal Production of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences of UNAL, Medellín, explains that the fodder consumed by cows, buffaloes, goats and sheep, among other animals, is very rich in fibers, so that within their digestive system live microorganisms whose job is to chemically convert these fibers into substances that are easier to digest.
"During this process, methane gas is released orally, through belching that the animals emit 24 hours a day, because they are very complex digestion processes, and after 10 years it turns into C0 2, as part of the natural carbon cycle in the atmosphere.
Source: Agrolink
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