Forage-SAFE: a tool to assess the management and economics of wood pasture systems

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dc.contributor.authorGarcia de Jalon, Silvestre
dc.contributor.authorGraves, Anil
dc.contributor.authorMoreno, G.
dc.contributor.authorPalma, João H. N.
dc.contributor.authorCrous-Duran, Josep
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, T.
dc.contributor.authorBurgess, Paul J.
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-04T14:33:57Z
dc.date.available2018-01-04T14:33:57Z
dc.date.issued2017-12-31
dc.description.abstractThe Forage-SAFE model has been developed to better understand the impact of trees on the profitability of wood pastures. It assesses the daily balance between the demand for and production of forage to estimate an annual farm net margin. The model allows the modification of selected biophysical and financial parameters related to the tree, pasture and livestock components (such as tree cover density, carrying capacity and livestock species) which can be optimised to maximise net farm income. A case study in a dehesa wood pasture in South-western Spain was used to show the applicability of the model. The case study results showed that net margin was maximised at around 27% tree cover for a carrying capacity of 0.4 livestock unit per hectare from which 61% were ruminants and 39% Iberian pigs. The analysis also showed that high carrying capacities were positively correlated with tree cover profitability. This was accentuated as the proportion of Iberian pigs increased.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationS. Garcia De Jalon, A. Graves, G. Moreno, et al., Forage-SAFE: a tool to assess the management and economics of wood pasture systems. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, 31 Aug-2 Sep 2017, Rhodes, Greece.en_UK
dc.identifier.issn1106-5516
dc.identifier.urihttps://cest.gnest.org/group/2261/proceedings
dc.identifier.urihttps://cest.gnest.org/sites/default/files/presentation_file_list/cest2017_00623_oral_paper.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/12843
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherCESTen_UK
dc.rightsCC0 1.0 Universal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/*
dc.subjectForage-SAFEen_UK
dc.subjectwood pastureen_UK
dc.subjecttree coveren_UK
dc.subjectbio-economicen_UK
dc.subjectprofitabilityen_UK
dc.titleForage-SAFE: a tool to assess the management and economics of wood pasture systemsen_UK
dc.typeConference paperen_UK

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