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Agricultural systems

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Sustainable livestock farming

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31 Jul 2018

Making livestock farming sustainable

AnimalFuture is a project that aims to assess the multi-dimensional consequences of innovations on benefits (cash flow, income, jobs, product quality and safety, ecosystem services etc.) and costs (use of scarce natural resources, health and welfare) of livestock farming. It is a European project coordinated by Muriel Tichit, a scientist at INRA.

Cow grazing in a pasture of grasses-legumes-chicory in Lusignan. © INRA, Sandra Novak

News

09 Jul 2018

Securing forage systems by means of multi-species pastures

Improving the diversity of plants in the pastures grazed by dairy cows can increase the amount of grass ingested and hence the milk they produce. Livestock farms also increase their feed autonomy, a key element in the sustainability of dairy systems.

Drone. © INRA, MAITRE Christophe

Press release

27 Jun 2018

Digital technologies and plant production: predict and act

Connected hives, decision-support tools in viticulture, precision spraying, the use of drones, etc.; digital technologies now form part of the daily activities of farmers and presage a new vision for agriculture in the future. On 26 June 2018 in Montpellier, INRA, IRSTEA and the #DigitAg Institute for the Convergence of Digital Agriculture organised the Crossroads for Agricultural Innovation (CIAg) meeting on “Digital Technologies and Plant Production: Predict and Act”.  

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Magazines

25 Sep 2018

Aromatic and microbiological signature of natural grasslands © Christophe Maitre

Aromatic and microbiological signature of natural grasslands

Multiple studies carried out at INRA Auvergne Rhône-Alpes have demonstrated that there is such a thing as a “grazing effect” on the sensory properties and quality of milk, cheese, butter and meat. Due to progress in microbiological analysis tools, research now explores the impact of grassland plant diversity on the animal’s microbiota. As it turns out, the link to its area of origin is important for cheese as well!

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Reports
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Where’s the beef: fake meat or real livestock production?

Nerine peach. © INRA, MONET René

Pathogen-related harvest losses: analysis and quantification

Querina (R) florina, apple variety resistant to apple scab. © INRA, LE LEZEC Marcel

Novel mechanisms for more sustainable resistance to disease

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