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Authors: Herrero, M., Henderson, B., Havlík, P., Thornton, P. K., Conant, R. T., Smith, P., Wirsenius, S., Hristov, A. N., Gerber, P., Gill, M., Butterbach-Bahl, K., Valin, H., Garnett, T., & Stehfest, E.
Affiliations: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (AU)
Colorado State University (US)
University of Aberdeen (GB)
Pennsylvania State University (US)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (IT)
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (AT)
University of Oxford (GB)
Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (NL)
Corresponding author: Herrero, Mario
ORCID: Herrero, Mario
Thornton, Philip K.
Conant, Richard T.
Smith, Pete
Wirsenius, Stefan
Hristov, Alexander N.
Gerber, Pierre
Valin, Hugo
Garnett, Tara
Stehfest, Elke
Venue: Nature Climate Change
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2016-03-21
Volume: 6
Issue: 5
Pages: 452-461
ISSN: 1758-678X (ISSN-L)
1758-6798
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2925
OpenAlex: W2306730032
Cited by: 1,045
References: 95
Citations by year: 2026: 116 · 2025: 103 · 2024: 143 · 2023: 121 · 2022: 126 · 2021: 137 · 2020: 72 · 2019: 79 · 2018: 78 · 2017: 49 · 2016: 14
FWCI: 64.17
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
research.wur.nl
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Nature Climate Change (publishedVersion)
Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling (acceptedVersion)
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Aberdeen University Research Archive (Aberdeen University) (submittedVersion)
CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research) (submittedVersion)
Chalmers Publication Library (Chalmers University of Technology) (submittedVersion)
IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis) (submittedVersion)
Chalmers Research (Chalmers University of Technology) (submittedVersion)
Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
Funders: Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/G013446/1)
Economic and Social Research Council (ES/M010163/1)
Natural Environment Research Council (NE/M021327/1)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Agriculture and Rural Development Research
Keywords: livestock greenhouse gas emissions, emission reduction potential, sustainable intensification, manure emissions, barriers to adoption, economic potential, agricultural emissions, land use emissions

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