The role of ruminant animals in sustainable livestock intensification programs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19499367 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Luís O Tedeschi (0000-0003-1883-4911, Texas A&M University, corresponding author), James P Muir (0000-0003-1775-8072), David G Riley (0000-0003-2353-7823, Texas A&M University), Danny Gene Fox |
| Year | 2015 |
| Pages | 1-14 |
| Publication date | 2015-08-25 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-4509 • E-ISSN: 1745-2627 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13504509.2015.1075441 |
| OpenAlex | W2150775809 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 94 |
Food supply has improved considerably since the eighteenth century industrial revolution, but inadequate attention has been given to protecting the environment in the process. Feeding a growing world population while reducing the impact on the environment requires immediate and effective solutions. Sustainability is difficult to define because it embodies multifaceted concepts and the combination of variables that make a production system sustainable can be unique to each production situation. Sustainability represents the state of a complex system that is always evolving. It is an intrinsic characteristic of the system that needs to be shaped and managed. A sustainable system has the ability to coexist with other systems at a different output level after a period of perturbation. Resilience is the ability of a system to recover and reestablish a dynamic equilibrium after it has been perturbed. Sustainable intensification (SI) produces more output(s) through the more efficient use of resources while reducing negative impact on the environment; it provides opportunities for increasing animal and crop production per area while employing sustainable production alternatives that fully consider the three pillars of sustainability (planet, people, and profit). Identifying the most efficient animals and feeding systems is the prerequisite to successful applications of sustainable livestock intensification programs. Animal scientists must develop strategies that forecast the rate and magnitude of global changes as well as their possible influences on the food production chain. System modeling is a powerful tool because it accounts for many variables and their interactions involved in identifying sustainable systems in each situation
Agriculture · Business · Economics · Environmental economics · Environmental resource management · Food security · Livestock · Microeconomics · Natural resource economics · Population · Sustainability · Sustainable development · Agricultural Systems and Practices · Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact · Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis · Ecology
Engineering Within Ecological Constraints
Systems integration for global sustainability
Economic Growth, Carrying Capacity, and the Environment
Agricultural sustainability and intensive production practices
Sustainable intensification in African agriculture
Sustainable Intensification in Agriculture
Future water availability for global food production
Risk Communication on Climate
Global food security under climate change
Resilience and Stability of Ecological Systems
Sustainability, Stability, and Resilience
Ecological intensification of agriculture — sustainable by nature
Epilogue
Systems thinking on intensification and sustainability
Sustainable intensification
Deconstructing and unpacking scientific controversies in intensification and sustainability
Resilience
The Limits to Growth
Challenges in adaptive management of riparian and coastal ecosystems
The Limits to Growth
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