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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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.... -
The Dutch food system in 2050: Healthy and circular
- How do we achieve a food system through which we can produce healthy food for everyone with respect for our planet and all humans and animals who live...
Food System Vision submission
Activity
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Resemeet March 4
- Thursday 4 March we organise a Resemeet in which Anneke, Jitske and Qifa will present their thesis results -
Understanding land reform and the associated consequences for land use and livelihoods
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Battle for Biomass: tackling tensions and trade-offs at the science-policy interface
A (Abigail) Muscat MSc
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International online PhD course “A bio-based society: from principles to practice ”
- Our “take-produce-consume-discard” model of our current economic system is exhausting the resources of the planet. The online course...
Latest publications
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Soil carbon dynamics of no-till silage maize in ley systems
Soil & Tillage Research 209 (2021). - ISSN 0167-1987 -
Nitrous Oxide Emission from Grazing Is Low across a Gradient of Plant Functional Diversity and Soil Conditions
Atmosphere 12 (2021)2. - ISSN 2073-4433 -
Evaluating different catch crop strategies for closing the nitrogen cycle in cropping systems—field experiments and modelling
Sustainability 13 (2021)1. - ISSN 2071-1050 - p. 1 - 22. -
Understanding the vulnerability, farming strategies and development pathways of smallholder farming systems in Telangana, India
Climate Risk Management 31 (2021). - ISSN 2212-0963 -
Halting European Union soybean feed imports favours ruminants over pigs and poultry
Nature Food 2 (2021). - ISSN 2662-1355 - p. 38 - 46.