Influence of crop-livestock integration on direct and indirect contributions of beef systems to food security

C. Battheu-Noirfalise, A. Mertens, H. Soyeurt, D. Stilmant, E. Froidmont and Y. Beckers

Agricultural Systems, 2024, vol. 220, issue C

Abstract: Beef production systems have been criticized for their low conversion efficiency of the human-edible feed and the agricultural land they use, impacting their ability to contribute directly to food security. However, beef cattle can also contribute indirectly to food security by transferring nutrients from permanent grasslands to marketed food crops through manure.

Keywords: Feed-food competition; Land use; Food production; Human-edible protein; Multivariate analysis; Crop-livestock systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104067

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