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 biodiversity and livestock farming: developing biodiversity-friendly business models for dairy farms
- Are you the Postdoc who is interested in analysing how farming practices in dairy farms can strenghten biodiversity and how to make this part of... -
"Systems view is essential for a transition to sustainable agriculture" according to Evelien de Olde
- The essence of a systems view was emphasized by Evelien de Olde and Aart van der Linden in an article where they look back on the successful project... -
Sustainability award for Imke de Boer
- During the Dutch annual Sustainable Tuesday, Imke de Boer received a sustainability award (‘Duurzaam Lintje’) for her contribution to the... -
Alice Scaillierez wins WAFL Best Oral Presentation Award 2021
- Alice Scaillierez received the Best Oral Presentation Award for her presentation entitled "Can artificial light enlighten pig welfare?" in... -
Jacinta Bus wins WIAS Best Poster Award 2021
- Jacinta Bus received the Best Poster Award in the online WIAS Annual Conference 2021
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Latest publications
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Live black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) provisioning is a promising environmental enrichment for pigs as indicated by feed- and enrichment-preference tests
Applied Animal Behaviour Science 244 (2021). - ISSN 0168-1591 -
Calf-directed affiliative behaviour of dairy cows in two types of cow-calf contact systems
Applied Animal Behaviour Science 243 (2021). - ISSN 0168-1591 -
Short communication : Variance and autocorrelation of deviations in daily milk yield are related with clinical mastitis in dairy cows
Animal 15 (2021)10. - ISSN 1751-7311 -
Integrating the soybean-maize-chicken value chains to attain nutritious diets in Tanzania
Food Security (2021). - ISSN 1876-4517 - 18 p. -
Publisher Correction: Principles, drivers and opportunities of a circular bioeconomy
Nature Food (2021). - ISSN 2662-1355