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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Postdoc position available on Development of biodiversity-friendly dairy business models on peatlands
- Are you the Postdoc who is interested in analysing the impact of farming practices in dairy farms on biodiversity, in developing biodiversity-friendly... -
Wageningen team awarded Top Visionary title for their vision for the Dutch Food System 2050
- Wageningen researchers Imke de Boer, Evelien de Olde, Kawire Gosselink and their team have been selected as one of the top 10 “Visionaries"... -
Working together towards circular agriculture in the North of the Netherlands
- What do circular principles mean in practice? November 13 the project team organised an online kick-off workshop for the CAN-DO-IT project -
Enlighted Pigs consortium starts with a successful kick-off
- On the 15th of September a virtual kick-off meeting took place to officially start the project “Enlighted Pigs: integrating light with... -
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....
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Latest publications
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Smallholders' perceptions of policies for preserving the traditional Ongole cattle breed in Indonesia
Outlook on Agriculture (2020). - ISSN 0030-7270 - 8 p. -
Innovation can accelerate the transition towards a sustainable food system
Nature Food 1 (2020)5. - ISSN 2662-1355 - p. 266 - 272. -
Predicting nutrient excretion from dairy cows on smallholder farms in Indonesia using readily available farm data
Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences 33 (2020)12. - ISSN 1011-2367 - p. 2039 - 2049. -
Sustainable and healthy diets : Synergies and trade-offs in Switzerland
Systems Research and Behavioral Science 37 (2020)6. - ISSN 1092-7026 - p. 908 - 927. -
Evaluation of customized dry-period strategies in dairy cows
Journal of Dairy Science 104 (2020)2. - ISSN 0022-0302 - p. 1887 - 1899.