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ArticleScientific reports2025

South america's pasture intensification can increase beef production, reduce emissions by 30% and mitigate warming from methane by 2050.

Ciniro Costa, Luis Orlindo Tedeschi, Ricardo Gonzalez-Quintero, Jacobo Arango, Stefan Burkart, Godefroy Grosjean, Kyle M Dittmer, Eva Wollenberg, Gonzalo Becoña, Laurent Micol and 11 more

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21 authors.

Ciniro CostaInternational Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali, Colombia. c.costajr@cgiar.org.
Luis Orlindo TedeschiDepartment of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
Ricardo Gonzalez-QuinteroInternational Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali, Colombia.
Jacobo ArangoInternational Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali, Colombia.
Stefan BurkartInternational Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali, Colombia.
Godefroy GrosjeanInternational Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali, Colombia.
Kyle M DittmerInternational Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali, Colombia.
Eva WollenbergInternational Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali, Colombia.
Gonzalo BecoñaInstituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria (INIA), Montevideo, Uruguay.
Laurent MicolCarbonPec, Piracicaba, Brazil.
Eduardo Bustos Palma, Gestiona, Santiago, Chile.
Alejandro Ramsay Lagos, Gestiona, Santiago, Chile.
Sandra LoaizaInternational Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali, Colombia.
Marcelo InsaurraldeDesde El Suelo, Asunción, Paraguay.
Luciano GuarinielloDesde El Suelo, Asunción, Paraguay.
Claudia FaverinFacultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Paulo Maria RecavarrenInstituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Balcarce, Argentina.
Maria Paz TieriInstituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Balcarce, Argentina.
Luiz Fernando Dias BatistaDepartment of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
Walter BaethgenInternational Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Idupulapati M RaoInternational Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali, Colombia.

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Abstract

A limited understanding of the potential to reduce emissions and a lack of climate incentives hinder progress toward mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from beef production. This study explored the GHG mitigation potential in South America by evaluating nearly 30 beef cattle production systems across five key beef-producing countries (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, and Uruguay). The study outlined a low-emission beef roadmap for this major beef producing region. Data from this study indicate that the current business-as-usual trajectory of improvements in South America's beef cattle production is insufficient to reduce GHG emissions at a pace that aligns with the urgency of climate crisis. Results from this study show that scaling up existing practices -such as improved forages, rotational grazing, and feed supplementation- to match the performance of the region's lowest-emission systems at 20

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Animal HusbandryMethaneRed MeatAnimalsCattleClimate ChangeGlobal WarmingGreenhouse EffectGreenhouse GasesSouth AmericaGreenhouse GasesMethaneBeef cattle productionClimate targetsImproved practicesLow-emissions livestock

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PMCPMC12518796

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