The Role of Forage and Grasslands in Ruminant Nutrition and Sustainable Development
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Grassland and Pasture Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 437
Special Issue Editors
Interests: rearing systems; feed evaluation; forage systems; strategies to improve animal welfare and resilience; climate change impact and mitigation
Interests: sustainable agriculture; crop production; soil fertility; plant nutrition; organic agriculture; crop physiology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Agricultural areas used for fodder production, including grassland, are essential for feeding ruminants; moreover, they serve as an important global reservoir of biodiversity and provide a wide range of material and non-material benefits to humans. Forage and grassland resources can make critical contributions to mitigating climate change and helping humans adapt to it. There is a need to summarize and update research-based information on all aspects of sustainable forage and grasslands in ruminant nutrition. This Special Issue seeks to gather current research addressing the components of linking forage and grasslands and their contribution in animal nutrition as a useful tool to contribute to sustainable development. Contributions are sought covering: i) economic (towards protein and energy self-sufficiency in livestock, feeding zero concentrate to ruminants, advances in forage conservation, pasture and forage potential in ruminant nutrition, selected species and underutilized crops for livestock feed); ii) social (synergies between ecosystem services, grassland and forage systems productions; the role of grassland for the community); and iii) environmental (soil carbon sequestration potential of grasslands, innovative management in the context of climate change, environmental influences on grassland systems, grassland for sustainable ruminant production).
Dr. Aldo Dal Prà
Dr. Domenico Ronga
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- grass–livestock interaction
- sustainable development
- ruminants’ nutrition
- forage (dried, silage and fresh)
