Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions Attributable to Smallholder Livestock Systems in Western Kenya: Cradle to Farm Gate Life Cycle Assessment
Ruminants are central to the economic and nutritional life of much of sub-Saharan Africa, but cattle are now blamed for having disproportionately large negative environmental impact through (amongst other things) emissions of greenhouse gases. However, the exact mechanism behind these emissions is not well-understood and indeed accurate estimates themselves are lacking due to a paucity of reliable data.