Integrating intensive livestock and cropping systems: Sustainable design and location
Manuel Taifouris, Mariano Martı́n
Abstract
Location is a key factor for the sustainable design of integrated intensive livestock and crop management systems. A two-step multi-objective (environmental and economic) and multi-period methodology integrates the location dimension. Feed formulation, crop distribution, nutrient recovery, size and the selection of location are simultaneously optimized. A farm of 1000 animals, initially, in "Bureba-Ebro" is suggested. Almost half of the locations considered are discarded. 35% reduction in environmental impact is achieved through crop distribution that consumes 12% less fertilizer.
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CroppingLivestockGreenhouse gasAgricultureAgricultural engineeringProduction (economics)BiogasEnvironmental scienceComputer scienceEnvironmental economicsBusinessEconomicsEngineeringWaste managementGeographyEcologyBiologyArchaeologyForestryMacroeconomicsAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental ImpactEconomic and Environmental ValuationFood Waste Reduction and Sustainability