The life cycle assessment (LCA) is a widely used tool to assess the potential environmental impacts of livestock supply chains and of resultant products.A central question in such approaches is how environmental burden and benefits are distributed among livestock...

Today the Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) Partnership has released the FAO LEAP guidelines on Water use of livestock production systems and supply chains. The document presents principles, requirements and guidelines for water use assessments of livestock...

Background The production and the use of feed additives influences the environmental footprint of livestock production. The use of feed additives significantly acts on feed efficiency, and thus animal and environmental performance. The technical document Environmental performance of feed additives...

The development of guidelines for measurement, reporting and verification of the environmental performance of livestock sector involves several technical decisions and assumptions that need to be tested in different situations. This testing can ensure that the right balance is achieved between...

Background Biodiversity is essential to agriculture and human well-being, but it is declining at an unprecedented rate. Depending on the context and land use history, livestock is either a major threat for biodiversity or necessary to maintain ecosystems. Despite the strong relationship...