Improvement of animal production systems with an emphasis on dairy farming in the Andean Region within a context of climate change

This project aimed to improve methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N₂O) emission quantification techniques. Furthermore, it intended to generate strategies to help mitigate these emissions in dual-purpose livestock production systems in the Andean Region. The project was funded by the New Zealand Government as part of its contribution to the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA).

This project was structured with five components.

• The first consisted of biophysical and socioeconomic characterization of dairy production sites.
• In the second, CH4 and N2O emissions were evaluated in production systems (traditional and improved).
• The third evaluated feeding strategies to enhance milk production systems and to reduce their emissions.
• Followed by the development of gas mitigation scenarios for pilot sites.
• Finally, improvements in research capacities in CH₄ and N₂O and contribution to public policies.