Long-term relationships of beef and dairy cattle and greenhouse gas emissions: Application of co-integrated panel models for Latin America

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dc.creatorSandoval, Danny
dc.creatorJunca Paredes, Jhon Jairo
dc.creatorEnciso Valencia, Karen Johanna
dc.creatorDíaz Baca, Manuel Francisco
dc.creatorBravo Parra, Aura María
dc.creatorBurkart, Stefan
dc.date2024-01
dc.date2023-12-21T10:05:47Z
dc.date2023-12-21T10:05:47Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T13:34:52Z
dc.descriptionThe cattle sector plays a pivotal role in the economies of numerous Latin American and Caribbean countries. However, it also exerts a significant impact on environmental degradation, including substantial contributions to greenhouse gas emissions (accounting for 23.5 % of global livestock emissions) and deforestation (70 % attributed to livestock in South America). This article aims to investigate the complex, long-term, and short-term relationships between population growth, pastureland expansion, deforestation, and the cattle sector in 15 countries across the region, focusing on their effects on greenhouse gas emissions as well as beef and dairy production. Utilizing data from FAOSTAT spanning the period from 1990 to 2019, a cointegrated panel model was developed using the Pooled Mean Group technique, resulting in the estimation of six models. The aggregate-level results for the region reveal the presence of relatively stable long-term relationships. This implies that over time, the influence of population growth, pastureland expansion, and deforestation on greenhouse gas emissions from cattle production tends to diminish in significance. This long-term behavior may be particularly pronounced in countries with more developed cattle sectors, where efforts to mitigate the environmental impacts of cattle production, such as promoting improved forage technologies, silvo-pastoral systems, grazing management practices, and the implementation of policies, regulatory frameworks, and incentives, have gained traction. These progressive countries can serve as regional benchmarks, and the lessons they have learned hold valuable insights for the sustainable intensification of cattle production in countries with less-developed cattle sectors.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/135733
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/63877
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceSandoval, D.F.; Junca Paredes, J.J.; Enciso Valencia, K.J.; Díaz Baca, M.F.; Bravo, A.M.; Burkart, S. (2023) Long-term relationships of beef and dairy cattle and greenhouse gas emissions: Application of co-integrated panel models for Latin America. Heliyon 10(1) e23364. ISSN: 2405-8440
dc.subjectdeforestation
dc.subjectcattle
dc.subjectgreenhouse gas emissions
dc.subjectsustainability
dc.subjectpopulation growth
dc.subjectpastures
dc.titleLong-term relationships of beef and dairy cattle and greenhouse gas emissions: Application of co-integrated panel models for Latin America
dc.typeJournal Article

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