Environmental and economic performance of beef farming systems with different feeding strategies in southern Brazil

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 146, Issue , 2016, Pages 70-79

  Pashaei Kamali, Farahnaz ^a   van der Linden, Aart ^a   Meuwissen, Miranda P M ^a   Malafaia, Guilherme Cunha ^b   Oude Lansink, Alfons G J M ^a   de Boer, Imke J M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Feed efficiency; Greenhouse gas; Life cycle assessment; Operating profit; Pasture quality

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; CROP RESIDUE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FARMING SYSTEM; FEEDING; GLOBAL WARMING; GRAZING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PASTURE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESEARCH WORK; WEIGHT;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84964397515     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2016.04.003     Document Type: Article

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