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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Soil carbon sequestration in grazing systems does not lead to net-zero
- Solely relying on soil carbon sequestration in grasslands to offset the warming effect of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from current ruminant systems... -
ClearFarm is well on its way to creating a sensor-based digital platform for monitoring the welfare of farm animals
- With only a few months ahead Wageningen University & Research hosted on 26-27 October the final annual meeting of the project ClearFarm. All... -
Educational experiment with polder rice
- Is polder rice a feasible circular alternative to cows on peat soil? In May, an experimental trial began, with researchers from Wageningen University... -
Climate goals 2030 can be met by recoupling livestock and feed production
- Recoupling livestock and feed production in the Netherlands will reduce ammonia emissions (nearly half) and greenhouse gas emissions (more than a... -
Start pilot cultivating rice on peatland
- Is polder rice a feasible circular alternative for cows on peatland? A pilot experiment started this week. On May 22nd, researchers from Wageningen...
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Latest publications
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Interventions to increase circularity and reduce environmental impacts in food systems
Ambio (2023) - ISSN 0044-7447 -
The role of fisheries and fish farming in a circular food system in the European Union
Sustainable Production and Consumption (2023), Volume: 43 - ISSN 2352-5509 - p. 113-123. -
Dairy cattle welfare – the relative effect of legislation, industry standards and labelled niche production in five European countries
Animal (2023), Volume: 17, Issue: 12 - ISSN 1751-7311 -
Consideration of utilizable amino acid content in the context of dietary protein quality assessment
Sustainable Food Proteins (2023) - ISSN 2771-9693 -
Sustainable Grazing by Cattle and Sheep for Semi-Natural Grasslands in Sweden
Agronomy (2023), Volume: 13, Issue: 10 - ISSN 2073-4395