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Abstract
Recent works have been seeking to relate the greenhouse effect gases
(GHGs) issues with agricultural and livestock production. This study attempted to
answer how the adoption of biodigesters in cattle raising contributes to the mitigation
of GHGs and what will be the economic impact of this adoption. Thus, our work
aimed to quantify the emissions of the main GHGs related to cattle raising (CH4
and
N2
O) in Southeastern Brazil and to verify the GHG mitigation potential through the
adoption of biodigesters. Our results showed that the use of biodigester as animal
waste treatment strategy is likely to reduce the GHGs emission in the atmosphere. The
overall reduction of GHG emissions is 15,347,045.33 tCO2
eq/year, which amounts to
approximately 40% reduction compared to the estimated total emission considering
the enteric fermentation. In this way, properties which adopted biodigesters may have
economic, social and environmental benefits.