Greenhouse Gas Emission Intensities for Extensive Beef Cattle Systems in the Global South

A systematic review synthesizing 67 studies published between 2010 and 2025 on greenhouse gas emission intensity from extensive beef cattle systems in Africa, Asia, and South America. The dataset compiles reported emission intensities per unit of meat and protein, highlighting regional and methodological variability. It was created by Blessing Gumindoga and last updated in June 2026.

Use Cases

• Compare regional emission intensity ranges for beef protein production based on the reported values for Asia, South America, and Africa.
• Analyze the influence of methodological factors like functional units and system boundaries on reported variability as described in the review.
• Identify dominant emission sources, such as enteric methane, across different production systems based on the GLEAM-based emission profiles mentioned.
• Assess data gaps and inconsistencies in emission measurement for extensive cattle systems to inform future research and MRV system development.

Strengths

• Synthesizes evidence from 67 peer-reviewed and grey literature studies, providing a consolidated view.
• Reports specific emission intensity ranges per region, such as 6.3 to 305.8 kg CO2-eq per kg protein in Asia.
• Explicitly covers a defined time period of studies published between 2010 and 2025.
• Follows the PRISMA framework for systematic review, suggesting a structured methodology.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• The dataset is small (16.2 KB), indicating a limited scope, likely containing summary statistics rather than raw study data.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Blessing Gumindoga.

Collection Method

Systematic review following the PRISMA framework, analyzing 67 studies.

Time Range

Studies published between 2010 and 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-02 05:38:48; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Africa, Asia, South America and the Caribbean.