dc.creatorGonzalez Fischer, Carlos Maria
dc.creatorBilenca, David Norberto
dc.date2020-01
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-31T00:34:40Z
dc.date.available2023-08-31T00:34:40Z
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/181437
dc.identifierGonzalez Fischer, Carlos Maria; Bilenca, David Norberto; Can we produce more beef without increasing its environmental impact? Argentina as a case study; Associacao Brasileira de Ciencia Ecologica e Conservacao; Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation; 18; 1; 1-2020; 1-11
dc.identifier2530-0644
dc.identifierCONICET Digital
dc.identifierCONICET
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8543575
dc.descriptionWe analyse the current and future environmental impact of beef in Argentina, comparing four environmental dimensions (GHG, ecotoxicity, erosion and biodiversity) across 21 cow-calf systems and 47 finishing systems. The cow-calf and the finishing stages contributed equally to beef production, but impacts varied between stages (70 % of soil erosion and 75 % of GHG emissions occurred during the cow-calf stage, whereas 72 % of impact on biodiversity and 99 % of pesticide ecotoxicity occurred during the finishing stage). More intensive systems showed higher ecotoxicity and impact on biodiversity, and lower emissions and erosion per kg of beef than the more extensive systems. However, the intensity of this trade-off varied regionally, being more noticeable in the central regions of the Pampas and less so in the peripheric non-pampean regions. We also projected future beef production and environmental impacts under different production scenarios and found that it might be possible to increase beef production in Argentina by 15 % without a significant increase in the environmental impact of the sector (given a reduction of the ecotoxicological impact of crop production). We also showed that this could be achieved by adopting available practices and that the sector's self-set goals are compatible with this scenario.
dc.descriptionFil: Gonzalez Fischer, Carlos Maria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires; Argentina
dc.descriptionFil: Bilenca, David Norberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires; Argentina
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherAssociacao Brasileira de Ciencia Ecologica e Conservacao
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2530064419301488
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.pecon.2019.12.002
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dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
dc.subjectCATTLE
dc.subjectLIVESTOCK
dc.subjectMEAT
dc.subjectPAMPAS.
dc.subjectSOUTH AMERICA
dc.subjectSUSTAINABILITY
dc.subjecthttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
dc.subjecthttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.titleCan we produce more beef without increasing its environmental impact? Argentina as a case study
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