Opinion paper: Livestock is at the heart of interacting levers to reduce feed-food competition in agroecological food systems

•The integration of livestock in sustainable food systems is a key asset.•Livestock production entails a competition between feed and food production.•Such feed vs food competition can be unwound by adopting several levers.•The simultaneous adoption of several levers may lead to reciprocal synergies...

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Published in:Animal (Cambridge, England) England), 2022-02, Vol.16 (2), p.100436-100436, Article 100436
Main Authors: Barbieri, Pietro, Dumont, Bertrand, Benoit, Marc, Nesme, Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agroecology
Animal Husbandry
Animals
Conservation of Natural Resources
Feed use efficiency
Food
Life Sciences
Livestock
Sustainability
Synergies
Trade-offs
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Summary:•The integration of livestock in sustainable food systems is a key asset.•Livestock production entails a competition between feed and food production.•Such feed vs food competition can be unwound by adopting several levers.•The simultaneous adoption of several levers may lead to reciprocal synergies and antagonisms.•A quantitative assessment of such effects at different spatial scales should be addressed.
ISSN:1751-7311
1751-732X
DOI:10.1016/j.animal.2021.100436