The carbon footprint of livestock farms under conventional management and silvopastoral systems in Jalisco, Chiapas, and Campeche (Mexico)

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dc.creatorVega Fonseca, Andrés
dc.creatorMartínez-Salinas, Alejandra
dc.creatorVillanueva, Cristóbal
dc.creatorJimenes-Trujillo, Jose Antonio
dc.creatorBetanzos Simon, Juan E.
dc.creatorPérez Sánchez, Edwin
dc.creatorSepúlveda Lopez, Claudia J.
dc.creatorAndrade, Hernán J.
dc.creatorIbrahim, Muhammad Akbar
dc.date2025-05-15T01:53:20Z
dc.date2025-05-15T01:53:20Z
dc.date2024-05-23
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-09T02:24:20Z
dc.descriptionLivestock production is one of the most important agricultural sources of greenhouses gasses (GHG). Transforming the livestock sector is a critical task to mitigate the effects of climate change, and the implementation of silvopastoral systems (SPS) may be a way to do so. Carbon footprint (CF) estimation was carried out for 131 conventional livestock farms (CONF) and SPS farms (SPSF) selected in the states of Jalisco, Chiapas and Campeche (Mexico). GHG emissions were estimated based on interviews with the farmers and farm monitoring to collect information about management, milk production and the live weight gain (LWG) of calves (for meat production) using national emission factors. Emissions from animals, fossil fuels, electricity and nitrogen fertilizers were estimated using Tier I and II criteria. Land use distribution was recorded for each farm, and their carbon fixation in total biomass and soils was estimated using studies from tropical Latin America. CF was estimated for area and for production of milk and the LWG of calves. SPSF had lower GHG emissions, higher carbon fixation rates and a better CF than CONF (5.7 vs. 8.0 t CO2e/ha/year; 6.9 vs. 5.5 t C/ha/year and − 5.0 vs. −2.9 t CO2e/ha/year, respectively). The CF of milk production and calf LWG were − 68.6 to −4.6 kg CO2e/kg and − 3.2 to −0.1 t CO2e/kg, respectively. Our results highlight the importance of implementing SPS to mitigate climate change in livestock production, given its contribution to GHG emissions and the importance of capturing atmospheric carbon in biomass and soils. National and regional policies should focus on promoting implementing SPS as an active and effective strategy for improving CF in livestock farms.
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dc.identifierhttps://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/12816
dc.identifieropenAccess
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7969
dc.languageen
dc.publisherFrontiers
dc.relationSustainable Food Systems
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2024.1363994
dc.subjectBiomass
dc.subjectGreenhouse gasses
dc.subjectMitigation
dc.subjectLand use systems
dc.subjectCarbon capture
dc.subjectSede Central
dc.subjectODS 12 - Producción y consumo responsables
dc.subjectODS 13 - Acción por el clima
dc.titleThe carbon footprint of livestock farms under conventional management and silvopastoral systems in Jalisco, Chiapas, and Campeche (Mexico)
dc.typeArtículo

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