In Bhutan biogas energy can be used as an alternative energy for wood to meet the energy demand in the rural populace with effective management and utilisation of the biogas plant. Despite various benefits of biogas technology, biogas adoption has been less than anticipated. As of today, District Livestock …

In 2015 en 2017 zijn er positieflijsten opgesteld en met ingang van deze lijsten werd het verboden om een groep zoogdiersoorten te houden. Echter was niet iedereen het eens met de manier waarop de positieflijsten waren ontwikkeld en daarom stapte een vertegenwoordiger van een groep dierhouders naar de …

Cows housed indoors with cubicles are probably more restricted in their choice of lying posture and orientation compared with cows housed on pasture. We therefore studied lying postures on pasture in Uruguay and the Netherlands, and in cubicles in the Netherlands, also recording orientation on pasture …

Dit onderzoek gaat over het Nedap smarttag systeem. Het smarttag systeem is een managementsysteem voor melkvee die de modules tochtdetectie en eventueel gezondheidsmonitoring bevat. Het overzicht op de veestapel kan hiermee beter onder controle worden gehouden door de veehouder. Door groter wordende …

The aim of the research is to help the Maasai to restore the ecosystem in order to get more feed for their livestock, but also for wildlife. This has become an issue mainly because of the droughts, erosion, dividing of land and overgrazing. These circumstances are different comparing with the past. The …

This study was conducted to investigate dairy farming practices and gross margin at smallholder dairy farmer level to design a business model for scaling up climate-smart dairy in Ziway-Hawassa milk shed. 80 sample dairy farmers from five districts (which then categorised as urban and peri-urban dairy …

Climate change is a major hindrance to global sustainable development. The well being of future generations is facing critical environmental challenges. The effect of globalization in terms of economic, social and technological changes have been rapid and have left human beings behind schedule yet hunger …

Is de Nederlandse melkveehouder klaar om met sensordata aan de slag te gaan? Die vraag is meerdere malen gesteld tijdens de themamiddag 'Blij met sensoren in de wei' op de Dairy Campus, georganiseerd door hogeschool Van Hall Larenstein, Wageningen Livestock Research en het project 4DF4. Een eenduidige …

Insect farming has been suggested as a good alternative to conventional livestock farming for the growing demand of food and feed production. One of the most well-known edible insects is the silkworm, larva of the silk moth (Bombyx mori). This insect is reared because of their commercially valuable products, …