Uganda, April 9 -- Livestock farming, long regarded as a backbone of Uganda's rural economy, is facing renewed scrutiny as scientists and farmers push for urgent measures to cut greenhouse gas emissions without undermining productivity.

At the centre of discussions during a two-day Livestock Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) capacity-building and action planning workshop in Kampala on Wednesday was manure management, with experts warning that poor practices are quietly accelerating climate change.

"One of the lead sources of greenhouse gas emissions from cattle is manure management. Some people just leave it on the farm to decompose until they take it for fertilizer or even leave it there.

The way our manure is managed in Ug...