True Cost Accounting for sustainable livestock production. In Book of Abstracts of the 75th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (2024)

The general theme of the congress is “Global quality: Environment, Animals, Food”. The congress will consist in several parallel scientific sessions where updated research results covering the whole domain of the Animal Science will be presented and discussed together with the presentation of main ongoing research projects. With its geographical position, Italy exhibits a great variety of environments, ranging from Alpine to Mediterranean climate. This peculiarity is reflected in the structure of its agriculture. Intensive dairy and beef cattle, pigs and poultry farms are typical of the Northern district. Buffalo farming can be found in Latium and Campania, in the Central-Southern part of Italy. Small ruminant systems characterize Southern Italy and the two main islands: Sicily and Sardinia. This richness results in a number of biodiverse livestock farming systems, which generate high-quality products, in many cases certified as PDO or PGI. The products are expression of local genetic resources and of the Italian cultural heritage and they contribute to define the “Made in Italy” brand. Some of these production systems will be the target of technical tours organized at the end of technical sessions.

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