edited by I. Kyriazakis
and G. Zervas
Organic Meat and Milk from Ruminants addresses the following topics:
- current and future state of the markets for organic products
- legislation associated with production
- health issues
- impact of organic agriculture on farming systems and socio-economic structures
- and more
Contents
Plenary Presentations
- Future European market for organic products from ruminants
- The standards, regulations and legislation required for organic ruminant keeping
in the European Union
- The development of sustainable farming systems and the challenges that face
producers in the EU
- Animal health and welfare issues arising in organic ruminant production systems
- The product quality and health implications of organic products
- Marketing and consumer awareness for organic produce
- The impact of organic agriculture on socio-economic structures
- Research on organic food production: status, requirements and perspectives
Theatre presentations
- Sustainability of organic dairy farming in the Netherlands
- System hierarchy and sustainable farming system development
- A comparison of two systems of organic milk production
- Effect of concentrate level on forage intake, milk production and energy and
nitrogen utilization in organic milk production
- Health and welfare of dairy cattle in organic systems in the south west of England
- The production characteristics of organic dairy herds in the UK
- Breeding goals and strategies for organic sheep production
- Organic and conventional systems: composition and cheese-making aptitude of
Sarda ewes’ milk
- Introducing organic sheep and cashmere goat farming systems in Norway
- Organic dairy goat farming: intramammary infections, milk production and quality
- An investigation into UK consumer perception of organic lamb
- Attitudes and beliefs towards organic meat in the south west of England
- Exploring the Greek organic market: not-purchasing reasons and future
buyers’ identification
Poster presentations
- The yield and quality of plant species grown in mixed organic swards
- Determination of the major mineral and trace element balance of dairy cows in organic
production systems
- Digestibility and intake of hay from extensively and intensively managed grassland
- Effects of different sources of yeast on milk yield and composition in organic
dairy sheep farming
- Use of nutraceuticals in organic dairy goat farming: effects of dietary fish oil
during the peripartum on colostrum and milk composition
- Health status of a sheep and goat farm converting from conventional to organic farming
- Organic meat and milk from ruminants in Italy: a logistic model for measuring changes
in the life cycle resulting from BSE. The strategic utility of a marketing hypothesis
- The development of sustainable farming systems and the challenges livestock
producers face in the EU: a Greek case study on sheep and goat breeders
- Use of autochthonous breeds for rural development and production of quality products
- An organic mountainous sheep farming system in Greece
- Organic animal production in Greece
- Application of Regulation 1804/99 – problems faced by small ruminant producers in Greece
- Multidisciplinary research on organic farming (OF) for meat sheep production
at the INRA Centre in Clermont-Ferrand (France)
- Organic meat and milk from ruminants in France
- Establishing the nutritional status of deer in Latvia
- Organic meat and milk production potential from small ruminants in Turkey
- Organic meat and milk production in South Africa
Index
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