Transition from Animal-Based to Plant-Based Food Production to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agriculture - The Case of Denmark

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Transition from Animal-Based to Plant-Based Food Production to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agriculture - The Case of Denmark. / Prag, Adam A.; Henriksen, Christian B.

In: Sustainability, Vol. 12, No. 19, 8228, 2020.

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Prag, AA & Henriksen, CB 2020, 'Transition from Animal-Based to Plant-Based Food Production to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agriculture - The Case of Denmark', Sustainability, vol. 12, no. 19, 8228. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12198228

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Prag, A. A., & Henriksen, C. B. (2020). Transition from Animal-Based to Plant-Based Food Production to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agriculture - The Case of Denmark. Sustainability, 12(19), [8228]. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12198228

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Prag AA, Henriksen CB. Transition from Animal-Based to Plant-Based Food Production to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agriculture - The Case of Denmark. Sustainability. 2020;12(19). 8228. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12198228

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Prag, Adam A. ; Henriksen, Christian B. / Transition from Animal-Based to Plant-Based Food Production to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agriculture - The Case of Denmark. In: Sustainability. 2020 ; Vol. 12, No. 19.

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abstract = "Curbing emissions from agriculture, and especially from livestock production, is essential in order to fulfil the Paris Agreement. Shifting to a diet lower in meat consumption has been emphasized in several studies. Based on the Planetary Health Diet developed by the EAT-Lancet Commission, this study investigates the effect on agricultural greenhouse gas emissions of transitioning the Danish agricultural system, which currently relies mainly on meat and dairy production, towards increased focus on plant-based foods, combined with replacement or reduction of imported feed and carbon sequestration on previous agricultural land. The study finds a large potential for reducing emissions from Danish agriculture through implementation of the Planetary Health Diet, with reductions of up to 21.7 Mt CO(2)e (CO2 equivalents) (92.9%) under the most ambitious conditions. This demonstrates the potentially large benefits from transitioning towards a more plant-based European agricultural sector and underscores the need for European and national policies incentivizing this transition.",
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