Geoffrey Mesbahi
Grassland management and ruminant nutrition
FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture
Biography
Geoffrey Mesbahi is a researcher at FiBL, in Switzerland. His researches focus on the prediction of agronomic and ecological characteristics of various fodder, especially grasslands and trees. Geoffrey’s work is transdisciplinary: agricultural production, biodiversity conservation, animal behaviour, economy and outreach.
Interests
- Agroecology
- Animal husbandry
- Impacts of agricultural management and environment
- Animal behaviour
Education
PhD in Agricultural Sciences, 2020
University of Lorraine - France
Engineer in Agriculture and Management, 2014
UniLaSalle Beauvais
Skills
R
QGIS
Fieldwork
Botany
Animal behaviour
Experience
PhD student
University of Lorraine LAE - PNR Vosges du Nord
Prediction of permanent grasslands’ agroecological characteristics and compromises, focus on the Vosges Mountains
Fieldwork assistant
University of Neuchâtel
Study of wild titi monkeys Callicebus nigrifrons vocal communication
Recent publications
Projects
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Agroforestry for dairy cattle
This project aims to identify fodder trees and lianas for dairy cattle browsing. We study yield, nutritive value and appetence of 60 species in the OasYs experimental farm (Lusignan, France). Summer droughts and heatwaves affect more and more grassland production in western Europe.
Agronomic and ecological characteristics of permanent grasslands
This project aims to understand biotic and abiotic drivers of permanent grasslands characteristics.
We study traditional characteristics (e.g. yield, pastoral value, or botanical composition) but also original characteristics of fodder quality, ecology and carbon storage.
Contact
- Ackerstrasse 113, Frick, 5070