Articles

The production of ruminants has the two fold challenge of improving productivity at the same time reducing environmental effects, especially enteric methane. The article is a synthesis of the literature on nutritional interventions to enhance feed efficiency and decrease the production of methane. We discuss processes that connect diet, rumen fermentation and methane, and the strategies that can be used such as forage quality, grain supplementation, fat supplementation and additives such as tannins and probiotics. Economic and practical factors are moderate in adoption. These should be incorporated into climate-sensitive systems to make ruminant agriculture sustainable