Adapting the feed, the animal and the feeding techniques to improve the efficiency and sustainability of monogastric livestock production systems
Adapting the feed, the animal and the feeding techniques to improve the efficiency and sustainability of monogastric livestock production systems

Season 2 Episode 1: Sustainability assessment of the production system

Authors: 
An interview of Sandrine Espagnol (IFIP institut du porc) by Valérie Heuzé (AFZ), filmed by Gilles Tran (AFZ) and edited by Hélène Thiollet (AFZ).
Publication date: 
21 June 2018
Full title: 
Season 2 Episode 1: Sustainability assessment of the production system
Publishing information: 
Feed-a-Gene
Video (YouTube): 
Abstract: 

A new series of interviews was filmed during Feed-a-Gene's third annual meeting in Newcastle upon Tyne (UK) in April 2018. In this first episode, Sandrine Espagnol (France) presents the approach of the project's sixth Work Package and her work as an environmental engineer. 

Feed-a-Gene's WP6: Sustainability assessment of the production system

  • Task 1: Identification of sustainability indicators for proposed production systems
  • Task 2: Life Cycle Assessment of proposed management systems
  • Task 3: On-farm evaluation of proposed management systems
  • Task 4: Evaluation of consumer and farmer attitudes
  • Task 5: Sustainability appraisal
Work packages: 
WP6 Sustainability assessment of the production system
WP7 Dissemination, training and technology transfer
Event: 
Feed-a-Gene 3rd annual meeting, University of Newcastle, UK
Organisation(s): 
Institut du Porc
Association Française de Zootechnie
Media category: 
Videos
License: 
CC BY-SA 4.0