AlQa'dah 20, 1434, Sep 26, 2013, SPA -- A U.N. report Thursday says improved livestock breeding and feeding practices could reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in the industry by up to 30 percent. Livestock emissions account for 14.5 percent of all human-related heat-trapping gases. Of that, cattle production for milk and beef is the biggest component, representing 65 percent of all livestock emissions. The Rome-based U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said breeding techniques that make more productive animals can reduce the size of herds, lowering the livestock's greenhouse-gas emissions. Another way to cut emissions is to improve feeding techniques to reduce methane gases generated during digestion. FAO agriculture and consumer-protection chief Ren Wang said the reductions are possible and important because demand for meat and poultry is growing in the developing world.
