Mitigation of Ammonia and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Livestock Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Meat and dairy production consumption should increase over the next decades despite the well-known impact of livestock production on ammonia (NH₃) and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and consequently on climate change. It is therefore of high relevance to define some accurate and specific strategies of NH₃ and GHG abatement in each country or even region. Indeed, even if a significant number of studies dealing with the topic of NH₃ and GHG emissions from livestock production are already published, there is still some lack of information regarding the impact of livestock production in some countries that erroneously adopt solutions developed in other regions with very different characteristics. On the other hand, many solutions have been presented to minimize NH₃ and GHG emissions but only few are applied at farm scale due to the associated cost or even to low farmer acceptance. Finally, some of these solutions might lead to the so-called pollution swapping if not studied following an holistic approach.

We invite all the research teams dealing with NH₃ and GHG emissions from livestock production to share your most recent results in this Special Issue with research articles. Invitations are open but not limited to the following topics:

• Emissions from livestock facilities and animal manure management: assessment of emissions factors, mitigation techniques, impacts on animal welfare and environment
• Enteric fermentation and animal welfare
• Ammonia and GHG measurement: new expedited and accurate methodologies and low cost solutions to assess gaseous emissions in emerging countries
• Implementation of available technology: farmer and society acceptance, optimization of costs

Dr. David Fangueiro
Prof. Dr. José L.S. Pereira
Guest Editors

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