Livestock farming: Technologies, tools and recommendations from NUTRI-KNOW's EIP-AGRI Operational Groups

Never before have the media, the general public, and policymakers discussed the future of livestock farming and its environmental and social sustainability as much as they do now. The European livestock sector, aware of its role, is seeking knowledge and innovation from research to face future challenges. This booklet offers an overview of the decision support tools, technologies, and recommended practices that are the outcomes of key EIP-AGRI Operational Groups involved in the NUTRI-KNOW project and related to the livestock farming step of the nutrient value chain. By applying the results from these regional groups across Europe, the livestock sector can adopt good practices to reduce ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions during the breeding phase, improve breeding conditions, recover nutrients and reduce losses to the environment (such as nitrogen emissions and nitrogen and phosphorus leaching), and utilise new feed sources to lower the carbon footprint of livestock farming. For more information see the links to the home pages of the Operational Groups presented below.