Influence of farm diversity on nitrogen and greenhouse gas emission sources from key European dairy cattle systems: A step towards emission mitigation and nutrient circularity

Díaz de Otálora, X.; Amon, B.; Balaine, L.; Dragoni, F.; Estellés, F.; Ragaglini, G.; Kieronczyk, M.; Jørgensen, G.H.M.; del Prado, A.

doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2024.103902

Agricultural Systems

2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2024.103902

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Influence of farm diversity on nitrogen and greenhouse gas emission sources from key European dairy cattle systems: A step towards emission mitigation and nutrient circularity

X. Díaz de Otálora,

B. Amon,

L. Balaine

et al.

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Alternative Protein Sources: Addressing Global Food Security and Environmental Sustainability

Nirmal,

Anyimadu,

Khanashyam

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The projected global population increase to 8.60 billion by 2050 and 11.20 billion by 2100 underscores the urgent need for sustainable solutions to secure essential food resources, particularly protein, for human health. Traditional animal‐based proteins, while nutritionally rich, are environmentally costly due to greenhouse gas emissions, extensive land use, and significant freshwater consumption. This review offers novel insights by systematically analyzing alternative protein sources—plant‐based proteins, single‐cell proteins, insect proteins, cultured meat, and duckweed. These alternatives are evaluated for their capacity to meet global protein demand while reducing environmental impact, aligning with key Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including zero hunger, clean water, and climate action. The analysis reveals that alternative proteins can reduce resource consumption by up to 70% compared to traditional animal‐based proteins, while simultaneously offering comparable nutritional benefits. However, challenges such as production scalability, regulatory hurdles, and limited consumer acceptance persist. To address these, we propose an integrative roadmap involving policy innovation, public engagement, and enhanced technological interventions. This study uniquely contributes to the discourse by synthesizing cross‐disciplinary evidence on alternative proteins and their role in advancing sustainable food systems, offering actionable pathways for achieving global food security and environmental sustainability.

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Alternative Protein Sources: Addressing Global Food Security and Environmental Sustainability

Nirmal,

Anyimadu,

Khanashyam

et al. 2024

Sustainable Development

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An integral assessment of the impact of diet and manure management on whole-farm greenhouse gas and nitrogen emissions in dairy cattle production systems using process-based models

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Bannink,

Zentek

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Improving the representation of cattle grazing patterns in the European Union

Malek,

Romanchuk,

Yaschun

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Improving the sustainability of the European cattle sector requires improved knowledge not only of the density of cattle, but also of the grazing patterns. Only in this way can the potential negative impacts of cattle related to local ecosystem degradation, as well as positive ones such as preserving cultural landscapes through grazing, be analysed. While data on livestock distribution often used in scientific analyses can provide estimates on density, the separation between the livestock that has access to outdoor grazing and those that remain indoors is not available. This is problematic because it prevents the identification of the intensity and type of grassland management, as well as the consequential environmental impacts of grazing livestock. Here we present an approach where we combined agricultural and veterinary statistics, in-situ data, expert surveys and machine learning to develop a map of grazing cattle distribution for the wider European Union region. Our approach and the resulting data allow for the differentiation between cattle that are actually grazing versus those that do not. We also compare our method to traditional approaches that do not have a clear separation between grazing and non-grazing cattle, illustrating the implications that this can have for agricultural, land use and environmental assessments.

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Influence of farm diversity on nitrogen and greenhouse gas emission sources from key European dairy cattle systems: A step towards emission mitigation and nutrient circularity

Cited by 3 publications

References 65 publications

Alternative Protein Sources: Addressing Global Food Security and Environmental Sustainability

Alternative Protein Sources: Addressing Global Food Security and Environmental Sustainability

An integral assessment of the impact of diet and manure management on whole-farm greenhouse gas and nitrogen emissions in dairy cattle production systems using process-based models

Improving the representation of cattle grazing patterns in the European Union

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