This guidance document explains how smallholder livestock keepers, fisherfolks and pastoralists are among the most vulnerable to climate change. Moreover, 14.5% of all human-caused greenhouse gas emissions come from livestock supply chains. The main sources of emissions are: feed production and processing and methane from ruminants’ digestion. 

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Organization: FAO

Topics: Agriculture and Food, Ecosystems, COP23 List of UN Publications

Type of material: Guidance Document

Publication date: 2016

Language: English