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• TITLE: Dairy Farming Systems’ Adaptation to Climate Change

  AUTHORS: Emiliana Silva, Armando Brito Mendes, Henrique José Duarte Rosa

  KEYWORDS: Climate Change, Dairy, Economic Sustainability, Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  JOURNAL NAME: Agricultural Sciences, Vol.7 No.3, March 23, 2016

  ABSTRACT: The measure of climate change in dairy farms can be achieved by using the emissions of methane by the ruminants converted in CO2 equivalent (CO2-eq). In order to know the impact of future quotes of methane in the Azorean dairy milk farms, a decision model is built to the Azorean intensive grazing system of dairy farms. Some scenarios of methane levels reductions from 10 to 75% are considered and their impact is evaluated upon dairy farms income, level of CO2-eq emissions and intensity level of grazing system. The results have shown that any reduction of the methane level always implies a consequent decrease in income. If the CO2-eq has to be limited than there is the need to find alternative income activities for farmers in order to preserve economic sustainability.