Screen LibraryImproving organic animal farming /
This collection reviews key research addressing key challenges faced by organic animal farming in improving yields, animal nutrition and health. Part 1 assesses current research on environmental impact, promoting animal health, enhancing naturalness and welfare. It also reviews how organic systems f...
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| Published: |
Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | 2019. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Burleigh dodds series in agricultural science,
number 46 |
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| Summary: |
This collection reviews key research addressing key challenges faced by organic animal farming in improving yields, animal nutrition and health. Part 1 assesses current research on environmental impact, promoting animal health, enhancing naturalness and welfare. It also reviews how organic systems fit in with agroforestry, pastoralist and other smallholder farming systems. The second part of the book includes case studies from leading experts on current research in improving the farming of particular species. Chapters review challenges and opportunities in organic dairy and beef farming, sheep and goats, pigs and poultry. There are also chapters on organic aquaculture as well as organic and natural beekeeping. With its distinguished editors and international team of expert authors, this will be a standard reference for all those researching organic animal farming as well as the organic livestock farmers, organic certification and regulatory bodies -- back cover. |
| Carrier Form: | xiv, 390 pages : illustrations (some color), forms ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781786761804 (hardcover) : 1786761807 (hardcover) 9781786761828 (ePub ebook) 1786761823 (ePub ebook) 9781786761835 (PDF ebook) 1786761831 (PDF ebook) 9781786761811 (Mobipocket ebook) 1786761815 (Mobipocket ebook) 9781351115124 (Mobipocket ebook) 135111512X (Mobipocket ebook) 9781351114615 (ebook) 1351114611 (ebook) |
| Index Number: | SF140 |
| CLC: | S81-05 |
| Call Number: | S81-05/I348 |
| Contents: |
Setting the scene: the continued drive to improve organic animal farming / Concepts in organic animal farming: The principles of organic livestock farming / The effects of organic management on greenhouse gas emissions and energy efficiency in livestock production / Rethinking and engaging with animal health in organic farming / Enhancing naturalness and human care in organic animal farming / Biosecurity and safety for humans and animals in organic animal farming / Integrated crop-livestock systems with agroforestry to improve organic animal farming / Smallholder integrated organic farming: how can it work in the tropics? / Pastoralism and organic animal farming: are they complementary? / Farming of particular species: Organic dairy farming: key characteristics, opportunities, advantages and challenges / Organic dairy farming: towards sustainability / Organic beef farming: key characteristics, opportunities, advantages and challenges / Organic sheep and goat farming: opportunities and challenges / Organic pig farming: key characteristics, opportunities, advantages and challenges / Organic poultry farming: opportunities and challenges / The development of organic aquaculture / Organic and natural beekeeping, and caring for insect pollinators / The future: Improving organic animal farming for the future / |