Nutritional and greenhouse gas impacts of removing animals from US agriculture

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 114, Issue 48, 2017, Pages E10301-E10308

  White, Robin R ^a   Hall, Mary Beth ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Food; Food security; Greenhouse gases; Livestock

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; PROTEIN; FERTILIZER;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ENERGY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SECURITY; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CATERING SERVICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; DIET; ECONOMICS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CROP PRODUCTION; DIET; FERTILIZERS; FOOD SUPPLY; GREENHOUSE GASES; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85035751654     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1707322114     Document Type: Article

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