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This collection features five peer-reviewed literature reviews on
the environmental impact of livestock production. The first chapter
discusses life cycle assessment (LCA) and its role in evaluating
the environmental footprint of farming systems. The chapter also
explores how the practical trade-off between feasibility and
scientific rigour should be addressed in the field of ruminant
production systems. The second chapter explores some of the many
facets of livestock's contributions to climate change and the
difficulties involved in quantifying them, with a closer look into
the contribution of livestock methane emissions to changing
atmospheric methane concentrations over the last few decades. The
third chapter presents a review of the environmental sustainability
impacts of swine production, focused at the farm level because the
majority of environmental impacts occur by this stage of the supply
chain. The fourth chapter considers the potential strategies that
can be implemented to improve the environmental performance of
intensive poultry systems. The final chapter examines how LCA can
be used as a tool to quantify multiple resource use and
environmental impacts. The chapter details how potentially harmful
emissions can be assessed and measured at each stage in the life
cycle of sheep products.
Potatoes are one of the world's key food crops. Their nutritional
value, and the fact that they can be grown with relatively few
inputs in a wide range of environments, makes them an important
food security crop. However, yields in developing countries are
held back by factors such as poor cultivation practices and the
impact of pests and diseases, whilst more intensive systems need to
become more 'climate smart' both to minimise their environmental
impact and adapt to climate change. This volume looks at key
research on improving cultivation techniques at each stage in the
value chain for potato production. Chapters in Part 1 range from
modelling growth to nutrient and irrigation management as well as
post-harvest storage. Part 2 reviews advances in understanding and
managing fungal, bacterial and viral diseases as well as the
management of insect and nematode pests. With its distinguished
editor and international team of expert authors, this will be a
standard reference for potato scientists, growers, government and
non-government agencies supporting potato cultivation. Volume 1
looks at breeding and aspects of quality.
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