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Introduction
- Animal nutrition (mainly ruminants)
-Livestock production systems (especially extensive/pasture-based/organic ones)
- Sustainability of livestock production systems
- Agrifood system's sustainability
- Consumers' behaviour towards sustainable animal products
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Education
June 2018 - June 2018
January 2018 - December 2018
IMF Business School
Field of study
October 2010 - December 2010
Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza (IAMZ) - International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM)
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The objective of this study is to determine whether there are clear differences between conventional (but low-input) and organic beef cattle farms located in the Southwest of Spain. 33 conventional and 30 organic farms were compared in terms of structure, technical management, and performance. The results showed that organic farms (‘All Organic’) m...
Secondary title: TYPOLOGICAL CHARACTERISATION OF ORGANIC AND CONVENTIONAL BEEF CATTLE FARMS
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871141316302116
ABSTRACT: The identification of the livestock production systems (LPS) existing in a given area constitutes the first step to manage farms sustainably, since it improves the knowledge of it...
Dehesa is a remarkable agroforestry system, which needs the implementation of sustainable production systems in order to reduce its deterioration. Moreover, its livestock farms need to adapt to a new global market context. As a response, the organic livestock sector has expanded not only globally but also in the region in search for increased overa...
The livestock sector is of great importance for the sustainability of rural economies and many ecosystems; however, it also has a high environmental impact. Due to the growing demand for animal products, there is a need to design new livestock production systems that allow the combination of food security and sustainability. Within this context, or...
THE ENTIRE CHAPTER IS ON MY PROFILE AS A DATASET.
This chapter analyzes the sustainability of beef cattle systems of the Spanish Rangelands known as “Dehesas”. These are traditional systems of the Iberian Peninsula where native herbaceous vegetation and evergreen species of Quercus provide the basis for extensive livestock farms. These systems are...
Sostenibilidad en producción animal y percepción por parte del consumidor
Increasing social concern regarding the environmental impact caused by the growth of
the world’s population and the need to produce food has led to terms such as
sustainability and sustainable food production and consumption to become a current
subject of discussion. However, consumers are yet not fully familiar with the concept of
sustainability a...
La creciente preocupación social por los impactos ambientales causados por la necesidad de producir alimentos y el incremento de la población mundial (Florindo et al. 2017) han hecho que aspectos como la sostenibilidad sean un tema emergente de la sociedad actual (Briggeman and Lusk 2011). Sin embargo, el concepto de sostenibilidad y lo que ésta re...
Meat production and consumption have been claimed to have negative impacts on the environment and even on the consumer’s health. In this sense, alternative sources of protein, mainly
meat substitutes and cultured meat, have emerged due to those perceived negative effects of meat production and consumption. Our paper carries out a Choice Experiment...
The aim of the present study was (1) to investigate what consumers include within the concept of food sustainability and its link with sustainable consumption, by identifying meaningful consumer typologies from the concept of food sustainability and food choice factors framed by SDG 12, and (2) to know how different farm systems attributes affectin...
Nowadays, an increasing number of consumers are demanding more information and seeking more direct relations with food producers in order to prevent food passing through several links in the supply chain thus improving product traceability and price transmission. This has led to the development of more direct (short) food supply chains (SFSCs). Alt...
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The present chapter is aimed at analyzing the dehesa livestock sector. Particuarly, its current state, evolution, and its relationship with the dehesa ecosystem changes and conservation issues are discussed. First, the dehesa is defined from the legal, geogr...
The livestock sector has to satisfy the growing demand for animal products while reducing its environmental impact, in face of great climatic and market changes. For this reason, there is a necessity to redesign livestock production systems in order to make them more sustainable and adaptable. IFS (crop-livestock-trees) could be a viable option to...
http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/7/2393
There is a current need to increase global livestock production in line with consumers’ preferences for more sustainable and ‘natural’ products. Organic farming is considered among the potential production systems and market strategies that could be employed to cope with this change. Animal nutrition is key,...
Global population and food demand for animal products is predicted to increase globally. However, livestock production requires important amounts of resources (feed, land, water) which, in turn, are limited. Then, the livestock sector and the feed industry are under pressure, in order to combine food security and sustainability. Due to this, the fe...
www.igi-global.com/book/driving-green-consumerism-through-strategic/179202
There is increasing pressure on companies to follow more strict practices along the whole supply chain regarding sustainability and health. However, consumers' knowledge on nutrition, labelling and on the impacts of the agri-food system is scarce. In this sense, it is parti...
Transitions toward sustainability are increasingly important in the agricultural sector, and particularly for the livestock business located in disfavored areas, due to the growing demand for protein of animal origin, and the need to reduce its environmental impact. The present study reviews the main factors playing a role in its sustainability fro...
http://www.americandairymen.com/articles/zinc-methionine-how-sustainably-improve-productivity-and-health
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Different aspects that impact dairy cows’ productivity were reviewed: from animal’s phisiology and growth, to feed additives and TMR.
Comparative Sustainability Assessment of Conventional and Organic beef cattle farms
Comparative Sustainability Assessment of Conventional and Organic beef cattle farms
It is the manuscript of the following book chapter:
Escribano AJ, Gaspar P, Mesías FJ, Escribano M, Pulido F. 2015. Comparative Sustainability Assessment of Extensive Beef Cattle Farms in a High Nature Value Agroforestry System. In book: Victor R. Squires (Ed.), RANGELAND ECOLOGY, MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION BENEFITS, Nova Publishers, New York, pp...
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. Cow’s physiology and requirements
1.2. Strategies to counter NEB
2. FATS IN RUMINANTS RATIONS
2.1. Guidelines to follow when including fats in dairy cows diets
2.2. Digestibility and factors influencing it
2.2.1. Importance of profile of fatty acids and type of fat reaching the duodenum
2.2.2. Digestibility of Calcium salts...
Mastitis constitutes the main health issue in dairy cows farms, because it is widespread and leads to high economic loses. Copper and especially zinc have shown to increase cows’ resistance to mammary infections. However, the levels of these minerals in rations vary greatly, and then, there is a gap of knowledge with regard to the relationship betw...
Organic production may contribute positively to rural development. However, there is a gap of knowledge with regard to the livestock sector that the present work is aimed at filling by means of a multidisciplinary and participatory approach. The results suggest that ‘fully organic’ holdings (organic farms that sell products as organic) have the hig...
Organic production may contribute positively to rural development. However, there is a gap of
knowledge with regard to the livestock sector that the present work is aimed at filling by means of a
multidisciplinary and participatory approach. The results suggest that ‘fully organic’ holdings (organic
farms that sell products as organic) have the hig...
Pasture-based livestock systems are a key element for the maintenance of the dehesa ecosystem. However, adaptative changes (mainly intensification) are reducing their sustainability. As consequence, sustainable livestock systems must be found and implemented. Due to this, this work assesses the sustainability of 63 beef cattle farms (including orga...
Los sistemas ganaderos basados en pastoreo son clave para la conservación del ecosistema dehesa. Sin embargo, diversos cambios (principalmente intensificación) están reduciendo su sostenibilidad. Como consecuencia, es necesario identificar e implementar sistemas sostenibles en el contexto de las dehesas. Este trabajo evalúa la sostenibilidad de 63...
El estudio de sistemas de producción animal en áreas agroforestales ha
sido abordado desde distintos puntos de vista, tanto zootécnicos como
económicos, centrados estos últimos en la gestión técnico-económica de
las explotaciones. En este sentido, esta comunicación aborda el estudio
de los principales indicadores económicos de 21 explotaciones ovin...
Las explotaciones de dehesas se caracterizan por el aprovechamiento múltiple del territorio, siendo frecuente la explotación conjunta de di-ferentes especies ganaderas en una misma explotación. Sin embargo, el uso del suelo y la vegetación predominante condicionan el tipo de aprovechamiento ganadero. En este sentido, el trabajo aborda el estu-dio d...
Las explotaciones de dehesas se caracterizan por el aprovechamiento
múltiple del territorio, siendo frecuente la explotación conjunta de diferentes
especies ganaderas en una misma explotación. Sin embargo,
el uso del suelo y la vegetación predominante condicionan el tipo de
aprovechamiento ganadero. En este sentido, el trabajo aborda el estudio
de...
Dry‐cured I berian pork products have long been a traditional and highly appreciated delicacy in S pain, and because of their excellent sensorial and nutritional qualities, their market is now growing rapidly worldwide. They are usually marketed in a whole‐piece format or sliced in vacuum‐packed trays, but both of these formats present problems for...
El trabajo analiza la estructura y rendimientos ganaderos de explotaciones de bovino de Extremadura: de tipo convencional (n = 50), de tipo ecológico sin venta de productos (n = 37) y explotaciones ecológicas con comercialización (n = 11).
En relación con los niveles de carga ganadera, no se observan diferencias significativas entre los grupos. Po...
Questions
Questions (22)
What are the main current and future Food Trends / Innovations of animal origin or related with these? e.g. cultured meat, insects, algae, plant-based meat..... what else?
This question comes from my recently accepted opinion paper in the journal Sustainability:
POINT OF THE PAPER: Are organic regulations and certifications really trying to make a contribution towards a more sustainable food system and ensure food security sustainably, or are they just certifying organic farms and companies that maybe are less sustianable than non-organic ones (e.g. due to organic inputs carbon footprint)?
Then, organic regulations' approach must be revised.
Parameters and measures to assess the sustainability of inputs (such as feedstuffs food miles) would make sense to be considered within the organic regulations exeptions in order to (1) increase the sustainability of organic farms; (2) help livestock sector (and mainly the FEED industry) to move towards sustainability.
This is especially important for the case of the FEEDSTUFFS, as animal nutrition is key for efficiency and certain organic principles (Health and Welfare). The scarcity of organic feed resources along with the reduced alloweance of veteriarny drugs sometimes make the compliance with such principles difficult. In this sense, differnet conventional feedstuffs, such as local CONVENTIONAL by-products, must be considered to be allowed (always they do not contain pesticides, etc.) as they can positively impact food system's sustainability, due to food miles, less food waste, etc.
Tell me your views in this sense for both dairy and beef cattle.
It would be useful to receive information on the dosage of specific compounds (C18:3n3, DHA, EPA, CLA, etc.) as well of their source (lineseed and others)
Does it make sense taking into account that humans need DHA and EPA and cows scarcely convert C18:3n3 into them?
