Improving the productivity of livestock production can have a significant impact on the emissions intensities of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from domestic animals in East Africa, and can help to address the challenges of meeting a growing demand for animal protein within the region. In both Kenya and Ethiopia, governments, public and private sector investors, and farmers are interested in interventions that can simultaneously improve on-farm productivity and profitability as well as meeting nutritional security needs, with reduction of GHG emission intensity being a co-benefit. This paper examines the potential of nine low emissions development (LED) interventions or measures to reduce emissions intensity – that is the emissions per unit of animal protein produced. These measures fall into three categories: improving feed quality and availability, manure management and animal husbandry.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/feasibility-low-emissions-development-interventions-east-african-livestock-sector
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/polly-ericksen
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/todd-crane
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/international-livestock-research-institute
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/livestock
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kenya
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ethiopia
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-intensity