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Book (stand-alone)Environmental performance of animal feeds supply chains: Guidelines for assessment
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2016Also available in:
No results found.The methodology developed in these draft guidelines aims to introduce a harmonized international approach to the assessment of the environmental performance of animal feed supply chains in a manner that takes account of the specificity of the various production systems involved. It aims to increase understanding of animal feed supply chains and help improve their environmental performance. The guidelines are a product of the Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) Partnership, a multi-stakeholder initiative whose goal is to improve the environmental sustainability of the livestock sector through better metrics and data. -
Book (stand-alone)Water use in livestock production systems and supply chains. Guidelines for assessment
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2019Also available in:
No results found.The Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for Water Use Assessment, composed by 30 international experts, has developed guidelines on water footprinting for livestock supply chains. The mandate of the Water TAG was to provide recommendations to monitor the environmental performance of feed and livestock supply chains over time so that progress towards improvement targets can be measured; apply the guidelines for feed and water demand of small ruminants, poultry, large ruminants and pig supply chains; build on and go beyond the existing FAO LEAP guidelines; and pursue alignment with relevant International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards, specifically ISO 14040, ISO 14044 (ISO, 2006b and 2006a) and ISO 14046 (ISO, 2014). The guidelines on water use assessment include the impact assessment: the assessment of the environmental performance related to water use of a livestock-related system by assessing potential environmental impacts of blue water consumption following the water scarcity footprint according to the framework provided by ISO 14046 (ISO, 2014); and the assessment of the system’s productivity of green and blue water. The guidelines are thus intended to support the optimization of use of water resources and the identification of opportunities to decrease the potential impacts of water use in livestock production. The Water TAG guidance is relevant for livestock production systems, including feed production from croplands and grasslands, and production and processing of livestock products (cradle-to-gate). It addresses all livestock production systems and livestock species considered in existing LEAP animal guidelines: poultry, pig, small ruminant and large ruminant supply chains. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetEnvironmental performance of pig supply chains 2017
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No results found.Global production of pork has doubled in the last three decades. Demand for pork projected to rise by 32% by 2030, which will put additional pressure on natural resources. This is of particular concern since the livestock sector already has a major impact on natural resources, using about 35% of total cropland and about 20% of green water for feed production. Hence there is growing interest from the pig and other sectors in measuring and improving environmental performance. There are wide diffe rences in the scale, goals and types of system that produce pigs. This diversity means that there is a great variety of production systems with different production intensities and purposes within and among countries. Conscious of these challenges, LEAP Partnership established in 2015 a technical advisory group to develop comprehensive guidelines on the assessment of the environmental performance of pig supply chains.
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