Mitigation of environmental impact from livestock and sustainability assessment

Aims to improve our understanding of the influence of key variables (incl. manure type, climate & soil conditions) affecting N₂O, NH₃ and CH₄ emissions from manure management.

Aims to develops a whole system concept for 3P sustainability of dairy production Systems targeted to key European regions. GHG mitigation is a core aim accompanied by other environmental impacts, and analysis of economic and social factors.

Aimed to develop tools for understanding and predicting ammonia loss from field-applied manure.

Aims to enhance international discipline cooperation for exchanging ideas and knowledge, sharing good practices, assess technologies that could result in reducing the emissions of GHGs and ammonia from livestock buildings and thus to lead to a more environmentally friendly and sustainable livestock production.

Decreasing the environmental risk of using organic fertilisers by removing the heavy metals from it by electro-remediation using DC voltage.

The French National database for agricultural products’ life cycle inventories.

The French National life cycle inventory database for animal feedstuffs.

Reduction of beef meat carbon footprint in French beef cattle farms.

Evaluation of the productivity, resource-use efficiency and consumers’ acceptability of a transition to high forage and pasture diets for European cattle.

Co-definition and evaluation of sustainable beef farming systems based on resources non edible by humans

Assessment of the trade-offs between the different aspects of sustainability at all levels from the farm, to the region and to the EU.

Refinement of on-farm lactic acid bacteria (LAB) technologies such as feed supplements and/or silage inoculants, currently used to increase production and improve health of ruminant animals, with a methane-reducing benefit.