Carbon footprint of lamb and wool production at farm gate and the regional scale in Southern Patagonia

Autores
Peri, Pablo Luis; Rosas, Yamina Micaela; Ladd, Brenton; Díaz Delgado, Ricardo; Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José
Año de publicación
2020
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Natural steppe grasslands are the principal food resource for sheep in the Patagonia region, reared for meat and wool. However, there is currently a concern about the relationship between ruminant livestock and climate change due to its contribution to anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The objective of this study was to determine the carbon footprints (CF) of sheep meat (lamb) and wool on a range of farms using empirical data collected on farm and then upscaled to the regional scale using models that use topographic, climatic, and vegetation indices as independent variables. At the regional level, the total CF of lamb and wool (the combination of emissions produced on farm, via transport, and via industrial processing) varied from 10.64 to 41.32 kg CO2-eq/kg for lamb meat (carcass) and from 7.83 to 18.70 kg CO2-eq/kg for fine-grade wool. For both, the predominant contribution was from primary production on-farm (75-90%), followed by industrial processing (2-15%), and transportation. We used multiple regression models to produce maps of lamb and wool CF at farm gate across Santa Cruz province. The model for variation of lamb CF explained 95% of the variance on the data and the most significant predictor variables were temperature seasonality and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI, dimensionless). The most important variables for the model of CF of greasy wool production at farm gate were isothermality, temperature seasonality, and NDVI explained 98%. The lowest CF values of both products (lamb and wool) were located in more productive grasslands. The successful management of livestock GHG emissions becomes an important challenge to the scientific, commercial, and policy communities. The results of CF for lamb and wool production found in the present work assist in characterizing the greenhouse gas emissions profile of livestock products in Southern Patagonia by providing a baseline against which mitigation actions can be planned and progress monitored.
Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Rosas, Yamina Micaela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina
Fil: Ladd, Brenton. Universidad Científica del Sur; Perú
Fil: Díaz Delgado, Ricardo. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; España
Fil: Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina
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ANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG) EMISSIONS
CLIMATE
LAMB PRODUCTION
LIVESTOCK
RANGELAND
WOOL PRODUCTION
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Carbon footprint of lamb and wool production at farm gate and the regional scale in Southern Patagonia
title Carbon footprint of lamb and wool production at farm gate and the regional scale in Southern Patagonia
spellingShingle Carbon footprint of lamb and wool production at farm gate and the regional scale in Southern Patagonia
Peri, Pablo Luis
ANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG) EMISSIONS
CLIMATE
LAMB PRODUCTION
LIVESTOCK
RANGELAND
WOOL PRODUCTION
title_short Carbon footprint of lamb and wool production at farm gate and the regional scale in Southern Patagonia
title_full Carbon footprint of lamb and wool production at farm gate and the regional scale in Southern Patagonia
title_fullStr Carbon footprint of lamb and wool production at farm gate and the regional scale in Southern Patagonia
title_full_unstemmed Carbon footprint of lamb and wool production at farm gate and the regional scale in Southern Patagonia
title_sort Carbon footprint of lamb and wool production at farm gate and the regional scale in Southern Patagonia
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Peri, Pablo Luis
Rosas, Yamina Micaela
Ladd, Brenton
Díaz Delgado, Ricardo
Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José
author Peri, Pablo Luis
author_facet Peri, Pablo Luis
Rosas, Yamina Micaela
Ladd, Brenton
Díaz Delgado, Ricardo
Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José
author_role author
author2 Rosas, Yamina Micaela
Ladd, Brenton
Díaz Delgado, Ricardo
Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv ANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG) EMISSIONS
CLIMATE
LAMB PRODUCTION
LIVESTOCK
RANGELAND
WOOL PRODUCTION
topic ANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG) EMISSIONS
CLIMATE
LAMB PRODUCTION
LIVESTOCK
RANGELAND
WOOL PRODUCTION
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Natural steppe grasslands are the principal food resource for sheep in the Patagonia region, reared for meat and wool. However, there is currently a concern about the relationship between ruminant livestock and climate change due to its contribution to anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The objective of this study was to determine the carbon footprints (CF) of sheep meat (lamb) and wool on a range of farms using empirical data collected on farm and then upscaled to the regional scale using models that use topographic, climatic, and vegetation indices as independent variables. At the regional level, the total CF of lamb and wool (the combination of emissions produced on farm, via transport, and via industrial processing) varied from 10.64 to 41.32 kg CO2-eq/kg for lamb meat (carcass) and from 7.83 to 18.70 kg CO2-eq/kg for fine-grade wool. For both, the predominant contribution was from primary production on-farm (75-90%), followed by industrial processing (2-15%), and transportation. We used multiple regression models to produce maps of lamb and wool CF at farm gate across Santa Cruz province. The model for variation of lamb CF explained 95% of the variance on the data and the most significant predictor variables were temperature seasonality and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI, dimensionless). The most important variables for the model of CF of greasy wool production at farm gate were isothermality, temperature seasonality, and NDVI explained 98%. The lowest CF values of both products (lamb and wool) were located in more productive grasslands. The successful management of livestock GHG emissions becomes an important challenge to the scientific, commercial, and policy communities. The results of CF for lamb and wool production found in the present work assist in characterizing the greenhouse gas emissions profile of livestock products in Southern Patagonia by providing a baseline against which mitigation actions can be planned and progress monitored.
Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Rosas, Yamina Micaela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina
Fil: Ladd, Brenton. Universidad Científica del Sur; Perú
Fil: Díaz Delgado, Ricardo. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; España
Fil: Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina
description Natural steppe grasslands are the principal food resource for sheep in the Patagonia region, reared for meat and wool. However, there is currently a concern about the relationship between ruminant livestock and climate change due to its contribution to anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The objective of this study was to determine the carbon footprints (CF) of sheep meat (lamb) and wool on a range of farms using empirical data collected on farm and then upscaled to the regional scale using models that use topographic, climatic, and vegetation indices as independent variables. At the regional level, the total CF of lamb and wool (the combination of emissions produced on farm, via transport, and via industrial processing) varied from 10.64 to 41.32 kg CO2-eq/kg for lamb meat (carcass) and from 7.83 to 18.70 kg CO2-eq/kg for fine-grade wool. For both, the predominant contribution was from primary production on-farm (75-90%), followed by industrial processing (2-15%), and transportation. We used multiple regression models to produce maps of lamb and wool CF at farm gate across Santa Cruz province. The model for variation of lamb CF explained 95% of the variance on the data and the most significant predictor variables were temperature seasonality and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI, dimensionless). The most important variables for the model of CF of greasy wool production at farm gate were isothermality, temperature seasonality, and NDVI explained 98%. The lowest CF values of both products (lamb and wool) were located in more productive grasslands. The successful management of livestock GHG emissions becomes an important challenge to the scientific, commercial, and policy communities. The results of CF for lamb and wool production found in the present work assist in characterizing the greenhouse gas emissions profile of livestock products in Southern Patagonia by providing a baseline against which mitigation actions can be planned and progress monitored.
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