
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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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.