It is clear that silvopastoral systems increase biodiversity, improve animal welfare and
provide good working conditions while enabling a profitable farming business.
sheep, are consuming the plants from a
silvopastoral system, researchers have seen an
increase in growth and milk production. Milk
production in the tropical silvopastoral system
mentioned above was 4.13 kg per cow when
compared with 3.5 kg per day on pasture-
only systems. As the numbers of animals per
hectare was much greater, production of good
quality milk per hectare was four to five times
greater on the silvopastoral system.
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One of the additional benefits of using the
silvopastoral system is that it increases
biodiversity. Biodiversity is declining across the
globe, and the main culprit is farming – 33% of
the total land surface of the world is used for
livestock production. If farmers were to switch
to sustainable livestock production methods,
such as the silvopastoral system, the result
would be much greater biodiversity with no
increase in land use.
Professor Broom added: “It is clear that
silvopastoral systems increase biodiversity,
improve animal welfare and provide good
working conditions while enabling a profitable
farming business. The next step is to get
farmers to adopt this proven, sustainable
model.”
Source
Prof Donald Broom https://www.cam.
ac.uk/research/news/sustainable-livestock-
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