Animal Production Systems Group
Research of the Animal Production Systems Group focuses on unravelling the complexity of concerns in livestock systems and exploring trade-offs and synergies of innovations regarding environmental impact, animal welfare, and economic viability, to design a more sustainable future.
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Do animals have a role in future food systems?
Animals can convert leftovers from arable land and grass resources into valuable food and other ecosystem services. By converting these biomass streams, animals recycle nutrients into the food system that otherwise would have been lost for food production, thereby contributing to a circular food system.
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WUR is competing for Rockefeller's Food System Vision Prize- Two teams from Wageningen University & Research are competing for the Food System Vision Prize of the Rockefeller Foundation. Since November 1319... -
New course: Economic Perspectives for a Circular Food System- Can farmers make a living from circular production? What does the concept of circular economy imply for food value chains? Can circularity and...
Latest publications
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Sustainability challenges and innovations in the Dutch egg sectorJournal of Cleaner Production 258 (2020). - ISSN 0959-6526
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Disentangling genetic and non-genetic components of yield trends of Dutch forage crops in the NetherlandsField Crops Research 249 (2020). - ISSN 0378-4290
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European biodiversity assessments in livestock science: A review of research characteristics and indicatorsEcological Indicators 112 (2020). - ISSN 1470-160X
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Soil carbon sequestration in grazing systems: managing expectationsClimatic Change (2020). - ISSN 0165-0009
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The Rural Household Multiple Indicator Survey, data from 13,310 farm households in 21 countriesScientific Data 7 (2020)1. - ISSN 2052-4463