Profitability of permanent grassland
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How to manage permanent grassland in a way that combines profitability, carbon sequestration and biodiversity?
The final report of this Focus Group has been published.
Get all the information at a glance in the Permanent Grassland factsheet.
Tasks:
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Identifying and describing the main farming systems using permanent grassland.
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Collecting practices to improve efficiency and productivity in milk/meat production systems both for extensive and intensive farming systems (i.e. diversified and improved grassland composition, more efficient grazing-mowing patterns, enhanced fertilisation management (N-P cycling), ICT at farm level for more efficient management, etc.).
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Collecting grassland management practices which enhance animal health, welfare and productivity. Identify improved grassland composition and management practices that allow for the development of premium and functional products.
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Determining key traits that relate grassland management with biodiversity and carbon footprint; as well as examples of strategies to combine maintenance of biodiversity and low carbon footprint with farming profitability.
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Listing fail factors that limit the use of the identified techniques/systems by farmers and summarise how to address these factors.
Results:
Focus Group members:
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Surname, first name |
Profession |
Country |
|---|---|---|
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Bailey, John |
Scientist |
United Kingdom |
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Brandsma, Jeanet |
Farmer |
Netherlands |
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Busqué, Juan
|
Scientist |
Spain |
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Elsaesser, Martin |
Scientist |
Germany |
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Goliński, Piotr
|
Expert from agriculture organisation, industry or manufacturing; expert from NGO; scientist |
Poland |
|
Gomes Crespo, David |
Farmer; expert from agriculture organisation, industry or manufacturing; scientist |
Portugal |
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Hopkins, Alan |
Other type of adviser; scientist |
United Kingdom |
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Hulin-Bertaud, Sophie |
Other type of adviser; expert from agriculture organisation, industry or manufacturing |
France |
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Krause, Arno
|
Innovation broker |
Germany |
|
Lind, Vibeke |
Scientist |
Norway |
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Mosquera-Losada, María Rosa
|
Farm adviser; expert from NGO; scientist |
Spain |
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Noorkõiv, Katrin
|
Farmer; other type of adviser; expert from agriculture organisation, industry or manufacturing |
Estonia |
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O'Donovan, Michael |
Expert from agriculture organisation, industry or manufacturing; scientist |
Ireland |
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Peeters, Alain
|
Farm adviser; expert from agriculture organisation, industry or manufacturing; scientist |
Belgium |
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Pehrson, Inger
|
Other |
Sweden |
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Peratoner, Giovanni
|
Scientist; other |
Italy |
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Porqueddu, Claudio
|
Scientist |
Italy |
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Raducescu, Lavinia |
Expert from NGO |
Romania |
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Reheul, Dirk |
Farmer; scientist |
Belgium |
|
van den Pol-van
Dasselaar, Agnes
|
Farmer; scientist |
Netherlands |
| Facilitation team | ||
| Osoro, Koldo | Coordinating expert | Spain |
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Onega, Quico
|
Task manager | Spain |
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Schreuder, Remco
|
Backup | Netherlands |
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