Sentence examples for intensive production systems from inspiring English sources
Intensive production systems can negatively affect the welfare of goats.
Provision of nest sites is beneficial for the welfare of laying hens in intensive production systems.
However, there is increasing use of agro-industrial by-products, especially those that are cereal-based as supplementary feedstuff to grazing animals and in diets under semi-intensive and intensive production systems.
This study aims to find whether settlement farmers in the western Brazilian Amazon will adopt more intensive production systems, and if they do, what the impact of this adoption would be on deforestation and farm incomes.
A political ecology approach to investigating the complex multidimensional problems of First World agriculture, such as the effective control of endemic livestock disease in intensive production systems, is recommended if holistic interpretations and workable solutions are to be found and implemented.
Such trend is mainly associated to the expansion of more specialized and intensive production systems [82].
The objective of this study was to evaluate the growth performance and carcass characteristics of crossbred lambs of Dorper sheep crossed with Santa Inês or Brazilian Somali sheep and raised under an intensive production system in the northeastern region of Brazil.
Raised-bed plasticulture, an intensive production system used around the world for growing high-value crops (e.g., fresh market vegetables), faces a water-food nexus that is actually a food-water-energy-land-economic nexus.
The environmental and economic performance of five Charolais beef production systems (three specialized beef producer test cases in grassland areas and two mixed crop livestock test cases with a more intensive production system) were assessed by coupling an economic optimization model ("Opt'INRA") with a model assessing non-renewable energy (NRE) consumption and greenhouse gas emissions ("PLANETE").
The goal was to (1) provide an assessment of life cycle GHG emissions of a comparatively intensive production system, using local field emissions data, (2) identify emissions hotspots, and (3) create a model that elucidates the life cycle-wide consequences of potential changes in field management practices.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of the Dorper breed on the growth performance, feed efficiency, carcass and meat traits when crossbred with Santa Inês sheep raised under an intensive production system in the northeastern region of Brazil.
