Ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu kume njengenye yezingqinamba eziphuthumayo emhlabeni wonke, futhi ukulima kwezilwane ezimbonini kuyimbangela enkulu yokusheshisa kwakho. Ukulima kwasefekthri kunomthelela omkhulu ekukhiqizweni kwesisi esibamba ukushisa—ikakhulukazi i-methane evela ezinkomeni, i-nitrous oxide evela kumanyolo nomanyolo, kanye ne-carbon dioxide ekugawulweni kwamahlathi ukuze kutshalwe izitshalo zokudla. Lokhu kukhishwa kwegesi ngokuhlanganyela kuncintisana naleyo yawo wonke umkhakha wezokuthutha, kubeka ezolimo zezilwane enkabeni yesimo esiphuthumayo sezulu.
Ngalé kwegesi elikhiphayo eliqondile, isidingo sohlelo somhlaba, amanzi, namandla siqinisa ukucindezela kwesimo sezulu. Amahlathi amakhulu ayagawulwa ukuze kutshalwe isoya nommbila ukuze kudliwe imfuyo, kucekelwe phansi amasinki ekhabhoni emvelo futhi kukhiphe ikhabhoni egciniwe emkhathini. Njengoba amadlelo anda futhi nesimiso semvelo siphazamiseka, amandla omhlaba okumelana nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu kuba buthakathaka nakakhulu.
Lesi sigaba sigcizelela ukuthi ukukhetha kokudla kanye nezinhlelo zokukhiqiza ukudla kunomthelela onjani esimweni sezulu. Ukubhekana nendima yokulima efekthri akukhona nje ukunciphisa ukukhishwa kwegesi kuphela-kumayelana nokucabanga kabusha izinhlelo zokudla ezibeka phambili ukusimama, ukudla okusekelwe ezitshalweni, kanye nemikhuba yokuvuselela. Ngokubhekana nesimo sezulu sokulima kwezilwane, isintu sinethuba lokunqanda ukufudumala komhlaba, ukuvikela imvelo, nokuvikela ikusasa eliphilayo lezizukulwane ezizayo.
Impikiswano yokusebenzisa ubisi iye yaqina eminyakeni yamuva nje, njengemibuzo ezungeze imiphumela yayo yezempilo, ukucatshangelwa kwemvelo kanye nokucatshangelwa kokuziphatha kwafika phambili. Uma udunyiswe njengetshe legumbi lokudla, ubisi manje lubhekene nokuhlolisiswa kwezixhumanisi zalo ezifweni ezingamahlalakhona, imikhuba yokulima engagcineki, kanye nokukhishwa okukhulu kwegesi okuluhlaza okomdlamba. Kuhlanganiswe nokukhathazeka ngenhlalonhle yezilwane kanye nokusebenzisa ngokweqile ama-antibiotics ezinqubweni zokukhiqiza, imboni yobisi yendabuko ingaphansi kwengcindezi kunanini ngaphambili. Ngaleso sikhathi, ezinye izindlela ezisetshenziselwa izitshalo zithola ukugcwala njengoba abathengi bafuna izinketho ezinempilo nezinzile. Le ndatshana ishonile ijule kwi-multifaceted "dairy disemma," ehlola ukuthi ukukhiqizwa kobisi kuthinta kanjani impilo yabantu, imvelo, kanye nesimo sezulu somhlaba wonke ngenkathi kuhlolisisa abantu abanika amandla abantu abanolwazi ngekusasa elingcono