Assessing farmers' costs of compliance with EU legislation in the fields of environment, animal welfare and food safety (EU-COM, 01/2012-12/2013)Analysis of the competitiveness of the cow-calf and beef production in Germany and in international comparison (amongst others agri benchmark Beef) (permanent)Benchmarking the Beef Supply Chain in Eastern Indonesia (ACIAR, 05/2008-10/2010)Analysis of the impacts of the CAP Reform on farms with beef finishing and cow-calf production as well as analysis of farm-level adjustment strategies. (permanent)Beef and sheep production as well as grassland use: production systems and economics (permanent)More beef import from the US to the EU soon? (12/2012-12/2013)Terms of Trade Crop and Beef Production (05/2011-04/2012)Cost structures in beef production (10/2010-04/2011)agri benchmark, CIPAV and World Animal Protection jointly work in a project analysing how Colombian silvopastoral farming systems could deliver multiple 'wins' for productivity, economics, farmers animal welfare and environmental stewardship.
These silvopastoral systems are agroforestry arrangements, where pasture is combined with legumes, bushes and in some cases trees for timber production.
First results were presented by agri benchmark partner Ernesto Reyes (CIPAV) at the 5th multi-stakeholder platform meeting of the Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock in October 2014.
Comprehensive analysis of intensive silvopastoral systems
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World Animal Protection also presented similar outcomes of a case study examining three silvopastoral beef and dairy farms in Colombia in the same conference.
Milk and beef production in Colombia
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A lively impression of the advantages of silvopastoral systems is given in this documentary film: