Essays about: "Integrated Livestock Systems"

Found 5 essays containing the words Integrated Livestock Systems.

1. 1. Shifting focus from yields to food supply : an evaluation of the ‘number of people fed per hectare’ indicator at farm and national level

   University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

   Author : Ida Ekqvist; [2024]
   Keywords : Land use efficiency; Sustainability indicators; Agricultural productivity; Food production;

   Abstract : The challenge of feeding a growing global population while reducing the pressure on climate and ecosystems has gained much attention in research over the last decades. A crucial yet often overlooked aspect in research addressing this complex challenge is the efficiency of food production in meeting nutritional needs within the constraints of global cropland resources. READ MORE

3. 2. Sustainable Cattle Production in Brazil - The Agricultural Innovation System of Integrated Livestock Systems in Mato Grosso State

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Mads Stub Pullich; [2021]
   Keywords : Agricultural Innovation System; Deforestation; Sustainable Agriculture; Integrated Livestock Systems; Brazil; Mato Grosso; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The precarious state of affairs in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, particularly in Mato Grosso, where unsustainable cattle ranching is driving the deforestation. Brazil needs to invest in sustainable development of its cattle production. READ MORE

4. 3. Agro-ecological diversification in meat and dairy farms : barriers and drivers in the European and Swedish policy

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Energy and Technology

   Author : Chiara Pia; [2020]
   Keywords : agricultural policy; agro-ecological diversification; CAP; feed-food competition; policy analysis; Rural Development Programme;

   Abstract : Food systems are increasingly characterised by specialisation and separation between ani-mal and crop production, as well as the use of food suitable for human consumption for feed. The regionalisation of production creates hotspots for environmental degradation and decreases the resource use efficiency. READ MORE

5. 4. Exploring Social-Ecological Response Capacity to Drought of Swedish Farms

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

   Author : Moa Ohlsson; [2019]
   Keywords : Social-ecological systems; resilience; response capacity; ecosystem services; adaptive capacity; drought; rural; agriculture;

   Abstract : Ecosystem services are intrinsically social-ecological. The capacity to provide them over time is both dependent on the functional attributes of species that contribute to ecological processes and social assets underpinning management practices. READ MORE

6. 5. Macroalgae as feed supplement for reduction of methane emission in livestock : Overview of current knowledge and potential Nordic species

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

   Author : Hanna Silwer; [2018]
   Keywords : Asparagopsis taxiformis; bromoform; climate change; dairy industry; microbial ecosystem; secondary metabolites;

   Abstract : Climate change is a fact and production systems are in need of modernization and sustainable development. Methane is a problematic and potent greenhouse gas and is emitted as a natural byproduct from livestock metabolism. READ MORE