
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.
Acting head
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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Examining the variables leading to apparent incongruity between antimethanogenic potential of tannins and their observed effects in ruminants—a review
Sustainability 13 (2021)5. - ISSN 2071-1050 - p. 1 - 24. -
Understanding transitions in farming systems and their effects on livestock rearing and smallholder livelihoods in Telangana, India
Ambio (2021). - ISSN 0044-7447 -
Providing live black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) improves welfare while maintaining performance of piglets post-weaning
Scientific Reports 11 (2021)1. - ISSN 2045-2322 -
Genotype-by-environment interaction in Holstein heifer fertility traits using single-step genomic reaction norm models
BMC Genomics 22 (2021)1. - ISSN 1471-2164 -
Maize–legume strip cropping effect on productivity, income, and income risk of farmers in northern Ghana
Agronomy Journal (2021). - ISSN 0002-1962