Sheep spending the entire year on pastures have a lower Carbon Footprint

Transhumant systems can reduce the carbon footprint (CF) from sheep production by almost one third, compared to sedentary farms. Photo: Raquel Casas.

Pasture can reduce carbon footprint from sheep production by almost one third. Transhumant sheep systems, both by foot and lorry, achieve relatively low carbon footprint, compared to sedentary farms. Mobility of grazing livestock can thus be considered as a strategy to promote climate change mitigation.   This is the conclusion in a research paper from […]