At the Santuário do Caraça, the 2016 yellow fever outbreak killed 80% of the studied titi monkey population. To sensibilise visitors to this monkey species and to the importance of human vaccination, we produced interpretive signs, poster and social …
Pasture-based veal production may offer an option of raising male calves from dairy herds that is ethically justifiable and combines potential benefits in terms of resource efficiency and ecosystem services when compared to conventional indoor …
Agroforestry is an age-old agroecological practice with a promising future, and it has the potential to be a major ally in the development of organic farming. Animals have much to gain from living in the shade of trees and eating their leaves and …
Pratique agroécologique à la fois ancestrale et d’avenir, l’agroforesterie a le potentiel pour être une alliée de poids dans le développement de l’agriculture biologique. En effet, les animaux ont beaucoup à gagner à évoluer à l’ombre des arbres, et …
Dairy farming faces challenges of summer fodder scarcity and methane emissions. To address these issues, one may incorporate plants rich in condensed tannins (CT) into temporary grassland mixtures. However, knowledge regarding the link between CT, …
Temporary grasslands are crucial for addressing dairy cow sector challenges, including milk production, methane emissions mitigation, and biodiversity enhancement. In this study conducted in Frick, Switzerland, we investigated four distinct temporary …
The overall objective of Re-Livestock is to understand and mobilize adoption of innovative practices, applied cross-scale (animal, herd/farm, sector and region), to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of livestock farming and to increase the capacity for dealing with climate change impacts, in order to ultimately increase the overall resilience of the livestock sector.
European permanent grasslands are the main source of livestock fodder and the main hotspot of botanical diversity, but the trade-offs between fodder production and botanical diversity conservation remain debated. This study aims to identify what …
Grasslands are at the heart of multiple expectations on the part of farmers and society. The objective of this study was to assess the services provided by semi-natural grasslands, and the trade-offs between these services. Starting from a survey of …
This project aims to study the effect of four grassland mixtures on the productivity, nutritive value and palatability of the grass. To this end, we measured before every grazing rotation the yield, the nutritive value, the tannin content and the botanical composition.