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Prospects from agroecology and industrial ecology for animal production in the 21st century.
Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience - 1 Jun 2013
Dumont B, Fortun-Lamothe L, Jouven M, Thomas M, Tichit M
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Agroecology and industrial ecology can be viewed as complementary means for reducing the environmental footprint of animal farming systems: agroecology mainly by stimulating natural processes to reduce inputs, and industrial ecology by closing system loops, thereby reducing demand for raw materials, lowering pollution and saving on waste treatment. Surprisingly, animal farming systems have so far been ignored in...
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