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.
Chair holder
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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Wageningen team finalist for the Food System Vision Prize for their vision for the Dutch Food System 2050
- Wageningen researchers Imke de Boer and Evelien de Olde and their team are one of the ten finalists of the prestigious the Food System Vision Prize.... -
The Dutch food system in 2050: Healthy and circular
- How do we achieve a food system through which we can produce healthy food for everyone with respect for our planet and all humans and animals who live... -
From genome editing to insects: Food System Innovations – and how to get there
- An international group of almost fifty scientists identified 75 emerging innovations and has drawn up 8 action points with the aim of accelerating the... -
Look for the optimal mix of different sustainability strategies
- How do we make food systems - from farm to fork - more sustainable? That is the central question in today's agriculture. All kinds of different... -
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...
Food System Vision submission
Activity
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Resemeet 24 September
- Thursday 24 September we organise a Resemeet in which Zachary, Femke, Anneke, and Luca will present their thesis proposal -
Suboptimal mobility in spring calving, pasture-based dairy systems: causes and economic consequences
Aisling A (Aisling) O'Connor
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Transhumant pastoralism in a changing world: challenges and opportunities to sustainable yak farming in Bhutan
N (Nedup) Dorji
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Upcycling biomass in a circular food system the role of livestock and fish
Latest publications
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Yield Progress in Forage Maize in NW Europe—Breeding Progress or Climate Change Effects?
Frontiers in Plant Science 11 (2020). - ISSN 1664-462X -
Effect of cow-calf contact on cow motivation to reunite with their calf
Scientific Reports 10 (2020)1. - ISSN 2045-2322 -
Herders and livestock professionals' experiences and perceptions on developments and challenges in yak farming in Bhutan
Animal Production Science (2020). - ISSN 1836-0939 -
Food security in rural Burkina Faso: The importance of consumption of own-farm sourced food versus purchased food
Agriculture & Food Security 9 (2020)1. - ISSN 2048-7010 -
Associating mobility scores with production and reproductive performance in pasture-based dairy cows
Journal of Dairy Science (2020). - ISSN 0022-0302