Session 02. Optimal intensity of livestock farming systems in different regions

Date: 24 August ‘08; 08:30 - 12:30 hours
Chairperson: A. Bernués (ES)

Theatre Session 02

• To adapt the stocking rate aiming at the feeding self-sufficiency: a way to secure the economic results for suckler cattle farms
  Veysset, P., D. Bébin and M. Lherm
• Contribution of livestock farms diversity to ensure sustainability of small ruminant systems in Mediterranean region (PowerPoint presentation)
  Napoleone, M. and J. Lasseur
• Opportunities and threats of mega farms
  Eilers, C.H.A.M., C.M.C. Van Der Peet-Schwering and G.F.V. Van Der Peet
• Diversified dairy production systems: an advantage for farms’ reproduction and sustainable development of European territories
  Barrio, J. and E. Vounouki
• Q-porkchains: tools for assessing sustainability of pigmeat production systems
  Edwards, S.A., J.-Y. Dourmad, H.L. Edge, E. Fabrega, K. De Greef, E. Ilari, C. Phatsara, L. Rydhmer and M. Bonneau
• Impacts of compact calvings and once-a-day milking in grassland based systems.
  Brocard, V. and B. Portier

Poster Session 02

• Optimal production intensity adjustments in French suckler farms: a dynamic recursive bioeconomic model
  Mosnier, C., J. Agabriel, L. Lherm and A. Reynaud
• Q porkchains: developing tools to standardise the assessment of sustainability in pigmeat production systems - environment
  Dourmad, J.Y., J.E. Hermansen and M. Bonneau
• Q porkchains: developing tools to standardise the assessment of sustainability in pigmeat production systems - human working conditions
  Edge, H.L. and S.A. Edwards
• Q porkchains: developing tools to standardise the assessment of sustainability in pigmeat production systems - animal welfare
  Edge, H.L., K. Scott, J.H. Guy and S.A. Edwards
• Q porkchains: developing tools to standardise the assessment of sustainability in pigmeat production systems – economic sustainability
  Ilari, E., V. Laugé and M. Bonneau
• Q porkchains: developing tools to standardise the assessment of sustainability in pig meat production systems – animal health
  Knura, S., D. Brinkmann, C. Phatsara and M. Bonneau
• Q porkchains: developing tools to standardise the assessment of sustainability in pig meat production systems – meat safety
  Brinkmann, D., C. Phatsara, E. Jonas, S. Knura and M. Bonneau
• Q porkchains: developing tools to standardise the assessment of sustainability in pigmeat production systems – societal conformity
  De Greef, K.H. and J. Enting
• Q porkchains: developing tools to standardise the assessment of sustainability in pigmeat production systems – meat quality
  Gonzàlez, J., M. Gil, M. Gispert, M.A. Oliver and E. Fàbrega
• Q porkchains: developing tools to standardise the assessment of sustainability in pigmeat production systems – genetic resources
  Rydhmer, L. and J.-L. Gourdine