
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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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.