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One of the primary elements to achieving targets set out by the European Green Deal in Latvia is mitigation of climate change in livestock production, where dairy farming is one of the leading sources of agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The aim of this study is to evaluate the economic and environmental impacts of five types of feed additives in Latvian dairy farming, with aim to reduce emissions. The research analyses milk production statistics, evaluates it together with scientific emission factors a...

The transition to sustainable agriculture in Europe depends on farming systems that are not only environmentally sound but also economically viable and measurable. Meeting the targets of the European Green Deal and the Farm to Fork Strategy requires tools that translate sustainability into quantifiable, comparable, and actionable data at the farm level. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is one way that offers this capacity, yet methodological gaps and data limitations continue to constrain its wider use. This study inve...