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Enteric fermentation

Enteric fermentation is a digestive process by which carbohydrates are broken down by microorganisms into simple molecules for absorption into the bloodstream of an animal.

Enteric fermentation

Instituto Nacional De Investigaciones Agropecuarias

Type:

Organisation

Country of registration:

Ecuador

Relation to CTCN:

Network Member

Sector(s) of expertise:

Agriculture

Agriculture and forestry

Early warning and Environmental assessment

Forestry

INIAP has the mission to improve sustainable agricultural production in Ecuador through scientific research, the development, validation, and transference of innovative technologies. Many accessions and technologies from around the world are evaluated on the 13 Research Facilities located to cover the diversity in soils and climate that characterise the Ecuadorean environment.
Could agriculture help to prevent further climate change?

Type:

Publication

Publication date:

Friday, April 4, 2008

Objective:

Adaptation

Approach:

Community based

There is growing evidence that greenhouse gas emissions from human activity contribute to climate change. Many people blame modern farming practices for accelerating this - agriculture produces between 16.8 and 32.2 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. But could agriculture also hold some solutions to climate change?Research for Geenpeace
International by the University of Aberdeen, in the UK, analyses the
contribution of modern farming to human-induced climate change. The main