| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 390 pages) : illustrations, charts (some color) |
| Series |
Burleigh dodds series in agricultural science ; number 46 |
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Burleigh Dodds series in agricultural science ; no. 46.
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| Contents |
Setting the scene: the continued drive to improve organic animal farming / Mette Vaarst and Stephen Roderick -- The principles of organic livestock farming / Susanne Padel -- The effects of organic management on greenhouse gas emissions and energy efficiency in livestock production / L.G. Smith, A.G. Williams -- Rethinking and engaging with animal health in organic farming / Mette Vaarst -- Enhancing naturalness and human care in organic animal farming / Lindsay K. Whistance -- Biosecurity and safety for humans and animals in organic animal farming / K. Ellis -- Integrated crop-livestock systems with agroforestry to improve organic animal farming / A.J. Escribano -- Smallholder integrated organic farming: how can it work in the tropics? / Raphael Wahome and Caroline Chepkoech -- Pastoralism and organic animal farming: are they complementary? / Stephen Roderick -- Organic dairy farming: key characteristics, opportunities, advantages and challenges / S. Ivemeyer, A. Bieber, and A. Spengler Neff -- Organic dairy farming: towards sustainability / Florian Leiber, Adrian Muller, Veronika Maurer, Christian Schader and Anna Bieber -- Organic beef farming: key characteristics, opportunities, advantages and challenges / Isabel Blanco Penedo and José Perea-Muñoz -- Organic sheep and goat farming: opportunities and challenges / Georgios Arsenos, Angeliki Argyriadou, Sotiria Vouraki and Athanasios Gelasakis -- Organic pig farming: key characteristics, opportunities, advantages and challenges / Barbara Früh and Mirjam Holinger -- Organic poultry farming: opportunities and challenges / Mette Vaarst, Klaus Horsted, and Veronika Maurer -- The development of organic aquaculture / Timo Stadtlander -- Organic and natural beekeeping, and caring for insect pollinators / Nicola Bradbear -- Improving organic animal farming for the future / Stephen Roderick and Mette Vaarst |
| Summary |
Organic animal farming is growing rapidly but faces a range of challenges in areas such as nutrition, health and welfare. This volume surveys the wealth of research addressing these challenges. The book start with a review of organic principles and the key question of the right breeds for organic farming. It then discusses forage-based nutrition and animal health as well as safety and environmental impact. The volume goes on to assess different types of organic animal farming, from smallholder tropical to pastoral rangeland systems. It concludes by focussing on key issues in the organic farming of beef and dairy cattle, poultry, pigs, sheep and goats, fish and bees. Edited by two leading authorities in the field, and with an international team of expert authors, this will be a standard reference for all those interested in understanding, improving and promoting organic animal farming |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Dr Mette Vaarst is a Senior Researcher in the Department of Animal Science at Aarhus University, and in the International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems (ICROFS), Denmark. She has published widely on organic animal farming and coordinated a number of major European research projects in this area. Dr Stephen Roderick manages research and development projects in organic and sustainable farming at Duchy College's Rural Business School in the UK. He has published widely in animal health and farm resource management |
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Print version record |
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Livestock -- Environmental aspects
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Organic farming -- Environmental aspects
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TECHNOLOGY -- Agriculture -- Animal Husbandry.
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TECHNOLOGY -- Agriculture -- General.
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TECHNOLOGY -- Agriculture -- Sustainable Agriculture.
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Livestock -- Environmental aspects.
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Organic farming -- Environmental aspects.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Vaarst, M. (Mette), editor.
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Roderick, Stephen, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781351114615 |
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1351114611 |
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9781786761835 |
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9781351115124 |
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135111512X |
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1786761831 |
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9781786761828 |
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1786761823 |
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