Enteric fermentation

Emission source consisting of the microbial digestion of feed in the digestive tract of ruminant livestock, which releases methane as a by-product.

Definition source: IPCC 2006 Guidelines; AGROVOC

Synonyms: rumen fermentation
Broader: Emission source
Narrower: none
Counts as adaptation: Not an adaptation term.
Mitigation: Mitigation-specific
Provenance: Lexicon consensus
Identifier: CDI_06 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/CDI_06
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/CDI_06)