Reducing Ruminant Methane Emissions
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Last Modified: 2006-01-23 14:07:42.813">2006-01-23 14:07:42.813
Description:
Earlier USEPA feasibility work on ruminant methane in Ukraine:
(1) collected information on cattle production systems, feed resources socioeconomic conditions, infrastructure, and policies;
(2) estimated emissions from cattle;
(3) recommended economically feasible technologies and practices for reducing emissions;
(4) identified constraints and recommended ways to remove them; and
(5) formulated a pilot project that could demonstrate some of the recommendations of a small scale.
A computer model developed to simulate several national production scenarios and estimate methane emissions was used by the Ukrainian government in formulating its national climate change action plan. Activities under the renewed project will include a tracer-based methane measurement technology and Ukrainian researchers trained in this technique to develop accurate emission factors for cattle (which will improve Ukraine's GHG emissions inventory) and to select diets and feeding practices that result in higher livestock productivity and more efficient use of feed resources. The project will seek to establish a national measurement program, with collection of measurement data for major categories of cattle types and diets found throughout the country, so as to improve Ukraine's emissions inventory and make projections of future missions under various policy scenarios. It will also seek to demonstrate improved dairy cattle production practices using locally available feed resources and to advance the development of private sector opportunities in livestock production.
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