Publications

Publications relevant to the general public are issued on this webpage, including relevant farm data, workshop presentations and results from the SOLID project in general, which is judged relevant for stakeholders and the public.

 

Deliverables

Summary, deliverable 1.1: Rapid sustainability assessment of organic and low-input farming across Europe about the work carried out in WP 1
For further info, contact: WP leader: Susanne Padel, The Organic Research Centre, Elm Farm, UK. Email: susanne.p@organicresearchcentre.com

Summary, deliverable 3.1The Use of Novel and Under-Utilised Feed Resources in Organic and Low-Input Dairy Production.
For further info, contact: WP leader: Marketta Rinne, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke).
Email: marketta.rinne@luke.fi

Summary, deliverable 3.2:Assessment of an agroforestry system in terms of feed supply and multifunctionality.
For further info, contact: WP leader: Marketta Rinne, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke).
Email: marketta.rinne@luke.fi

Summary deliverable 3.3: Potential of novel feed resources for organic and low input dairy production.
For further info, contact: WP leader: Marketta Rinne, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke).
Email: marketta.rinne@luke.fi

Summary deliverable 3.4: Report on improved prediction of energy requirements for cows given high forage diets. See also https://zalf-lse.github.io/solid-dss/
For further info, contact: WP leader: Marketta Rinne, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke).
Email: marketta.rinne@luke.fi

Summary deliverable 4.1. : Report on Conceptual Framework for
Environmental Assessment
For further info, contact: WP leader: John Hermansen, University of Aarhus, dep. of Agroecology, Denmark Email: John.Hermansen@agrsci.dk

Summary deliverable 5.1 : Identification of expectations along the supply chain: report of the qualitative analysis
For further info, contact: WP leader: Raffaele Zanoli, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy. Email: zanoli@agrecon.univpm.it

Summary deliverable 6.1 :Economic analysis of EU dairy systems
For further info, contact: WP leader: Ludwig Lauwers, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Flanders, Belgium. Email: ludwig.lauwers@ilvo.vlaanderen.be

ARTICLES:

Articles published on the work in WP1:

Kurki, P. & Rinne, M. 2016. Karjanlannan syyslevityksen vaikutus luonnonmukaisen apilaseosnurmen seuraavan kevään valkuaisen tuottoon ja maan liukoiseen typpeen. Maataloustieteen Päivät 2016, Suomen Maataloustieteellisen Seuran Tiedote No 32. Ed. L. Alakukku, N. Schulman & T. Puhakainen. ISBN 978-951-9041-61-2. Available at: http://www.smts.fi/sites/smts.fi/files/MAATALOUSTIETEEN_ABSTRAKTIKIRJA2016.pdf.  p. 86.

Kurki, P. & Rinne, M. 2016. Kevätlatvonnan vaikutus luomunurmen sadon- ja valkuaisen tuotantoon. Maataloustieteen Päivät 2016, Suomen Maataloustieteellisen Seuran Tiedote No 32. Ed. L. Alakukku, N. Schulman & T. Puhakainen. ISBN 978-951-9041-61-2. Available at: http://www.smts.fi/sites/smts.fi/files/MAATALOUSTIETEEN_ABSTRAKTIKIRJA2016.pdf.  p. 163.

Leach, Katharine (2012): Assessing the sustainability of EU organic and low input dairy farms. In: Organic Research Centre Bulletin, 2012, 111 (Winter), pp. 9-10.

Leach, Katharine et al. (2014): Diverse swards and mob grazing for dairy farm productivity A UK case study.  In: Rahmann, G. and Aksoy, U. (Eds.) Building Organic Bridges, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Braunschweig, Germany, 4, Thuenen Report, no. 20, pp. 1155-1158.

Leach, Katharine; Gerrard, Catherine L; Kudahl, Anne Braad; Nykänen, Arja; Vaarst, Mette; Weissensteiner, Roswitha and Padel, Susanne (2012): Assessing the sustainability of EU dairy farms with different management systems and husbandry practices. In: Rahmann, Gerold and Godinho, D (Eds.) Agriculture and Forestry Research (362), pp. 277-281.

Marchand, Fleur; Debruyne, Lies; Triste, Laure; Gerrard, Catherine; Padel, Susanne and Lauwers, Ludwig (2014): Key characteristics for tool choice in indicator-based sustainability assessment at farm level. In: Ecology and Society 19 (3): 46.

Nykänen, Arja; Kurki, Päivi and Rinne, Marketta (2014): Experiences on different types of on-farm research in Eastern Finland. In: Rahmann, G. and Aksoy, U. (Eds.) Building Organic Bridges, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Braunschweig, Germany, 1, Thuenen Report, no. 20, pp. 255-258.

Knaus, Wilhelm; Drapela, Thomas; Weissensteiner, Roswitha; Gstir, Heinz and Zollitsch, Werner (2014): Sustainability of organic grassland-based dairy production in Tyrol, Austria. Call for Case Studies by FAO regarding Low Input Livestock Landscapes.

Padel, Susanne (2014): Supporting innovation in organic agriculture: A European perspective. Presented at the USDA/ ICROFS/ ASA/ OECD Conference ’Innovation in Organic Food Systems for Sustainable Production and Enhanced Eco-system Services’ held at Long Beach, California, 1-2 November 2014.


 Articles published on the work in WP2:

Conrad Ferris and Peter Purcell
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Hillsborough, June 2015:
The performance of ‘three-way’ crossbred dairy cows

Arsenos, G. (2014): Description and typology of dairy goat farms in Greece. In: Rahmann, G. and Aksoy, U. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 4th ISOFAR Scientific Conference.
‘Building Organic Bridges’, at the Organic World Congress 2014, 13-15 Oct., Istanbul, Turkey.

Gasteiner, J., Steinwidder, A. and Horn, M.,  (2014): Continuous measurement of reticuloruminal pH values in dairy cows during the transition period from barn to pasture feeding using an indwelling wireless data transmitting unit. In: Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition, Sep 30.

Gelasakis, Athanasios (2016): Bacterial subclinical mastitis and its effect on milk yield, In Journal of Dairy Science Vol. 99 No. 5.

Gelasakis, Athanasios (2014): Master thesis on the quality traits of goat milk. In Greek, abstract in English on page 83.

Horn et al. (2012): Comparison of two different dairy cow types in an organic,
low input milk production system under Alpine conditions. In: Agriculture and Forestry Research, Special Issue No 362 (Braunschweig, 2012).

Horn et al. (2013): Suitability of different dairy cow types for an Alpine organic and low-input milk production system. In: Livestock Science 153 (2013) 135–146.

Horn et al. (2013): Vergleich zweier Kuhtypen hinsichtlich ihrer Eignung für ein
low-input Produktionssystem unter alpinen Bedingungen. In: Paper at: 12. Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn, 5. bis 8. März 2013.

Horn et al. (2013): Umdenken kann sich auszahlen. In: Fortschrittlicher Landwirt 2 2013.

Horn et al. (2013): Welchen Kuhtyp für die Vollweide? In: Top Agrar 3 2013.

Horn et al. (2013): Welche Kühe braucht die Weide? In: Blick ins Land 4 2013.

Horn, M., Mertens, R., Steinwidder, A., Zollitsch, W. (2014): Eigenschaften von Holstein aus Lebensleistungszucht und Braunvieh Kühen in einem alpinen Vollweidesystem. In: Angewandte Forschung und Beratung für den ökologischen Landbau in Bayern – Öko-Landbautag 2014, Triesdorf, Germany, APR 9, 2014, LfL Schriftenreihe, 2 (2014), 23-28.

Horn, M., Steinwidder, A., Starz, W., Zollitsch, W. (2013): Impact of calving date and cowtype in a seasonal Alpine low-input dairy system. In: European Association of Animal Production, Book of Abstracts of the 64th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Animal Production, 433.

Horn, M., Steinwidder, A., Gasteiner, J., Podstatzky, L, Zollitsch, W. (2013): Vergleich zweier Kuhtypen in einem biologischen Low-Input Weidesystem unter alpinen Bedingungen. In: Lehr- und Forschungszentrum Raumberg-Gumpenstein, Fachtagung für biologische Landwirtschaft – Grünlandbasiert BIO-Rinderhaltung, Ergebnisse aus Forschung und Umsetzung, 57-68.

Horn, M., Steinwidder, A., Gasteiner, J., Podstatzky, L, Zollitsch, W. (2013): Which cow fits best for an organic, low input milk production system under Alpine conditions? In: Wenzel, W.; Bürstmayr, H.; Grossauer, F.; Schafellner, C.; Schleinig, G.; Schwen, A.; Wytrzens, H.K.; Piringer, U.; Pineau, L., Sustainability challenge – Technological advancements and other solutions, Abstract Book ELLS Scientific Stundent Conference, 111.  ELLS Scientific Stundent Conference, Vienna, Austria, November 15-16, 2013.

Horn, M., Steinwidder, A., Gasteiner, J., Podstatzky, L, Zollitsch, W. (2013): Untersuchungen zur Eignung von Kühen unterschiedlicher gentischer Herkünfte für die Low-Input Milcherzeugung. In: Ceh, T., Kapun, S. (Eds.), Abtract of the Proceedings of the 22nd International Symposium on Nutrition of Farm Animals – Zadravec-Erjavec days 2013, 18.

Horn, M., Steinwidder, A., Gasteiner, J., Vestergaard, M., Zollitsch, W. (2014): Reducing concentrate supplementation in an Alpine low-input system: resonse of two dairy cow types. In: European Federation of Animal Science, Book of Abstracts of the 65th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, 132.

Horn, M., Steinwidder, A., Pfister, R., Gasteiner, J., Vestergaard, M., Larsen, T., Zollitsch, W. (2014): Do different cow types respond differently to a reduction of concentrate supplementation in an Alpine low-input dairy system. In: Livestock Science 170, 72-83.

Horn, M., Steinwidder, A., Pfister, R., Zollitsch, W. (2014): Reduktion des Kraftfuttereinsatzes in einem Bio-Low-Input System – Wie reagieren unterschiedliche Kuhtypen? In: Höhere Bundeslehr- und Forschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft Raumberg-Gumpenstein (Hrsg.), Fachtagung für biologische Landwirtschaft, 53-57. Fachtagung für biologische Landwirtschaft 2014, Irdning, Austria, November 6, 2014.

Horn, M., Steinwidder, A., Pfister, R., Zollitsch, W. (2014): Vergleiche österreichischer Kuhtypen in einem Low-Input Weidesystem. In: Reidy, B, Gregis, B., Thomet, P. (Hrsg.), Grasland- und weidebasierte Milchproduktion, 71-76. Internationale Weidetagung, Zollikofen, Switzerland, August 21-22, 2014,

Horn, M., Steinwidder, A., Pfister, R., Zollitsch, W. (2014): Investigating genotype by supplementation interaction in an Alpinelow-input dairy system.  In: Baumont, R., Carrère, P., Jouven, M., Lombardi, G., López-Francos, Marin, B., Peers, A., Porqueddu, C. (Eds.), Forage resources and ecosystem services provided by Mountain and Mediterranean grasslands and rangelands, 777-780. Joint Meeting of the “Mountain Pastures, Mediterranean Forage Resources and Mountain Cheese” networks, Clermont-Ferrand, France, June 24-26, 2014.

Horn, M., Steinwidder, A., Starz, W., Pfister, R., Zollitsch, W. (2014): Interactions between calving season and cattle breed in a seasonal Alpine organic and low-input dairy system. In: Livestock Science,  2014; 160: 141-150.

Horn, M., Steinwidder, A., Starz, W., Pfister, R., Zollitsch, W. (2013): Der optimale Abkalbezeitpunkt unterschiedlicher Kuhtypen in einem saisonalen Vollweidesystem. In: Lehr- und Forschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft Raumberg-Gumpenstein, Fachtagung für biologische Landwirtschaft – Grünlandbasierte Bio-Rinderhaltung, Ergebnisse aus Forschung und Umsetzung, 93-96.

Horn, M., Steinwidder, A., Starz, W., Pfister, R., Zollitsch, W. (2013): Comparing cow types for the optimum alving date in an Alpine organic and low-input milk production system. In: Drexler, D. (Hrsg.), Proceedings International Conference on Organic Agricultural Sciences, 31.

Horn, M., Steinwidder, A., Zollitsch, W. (2014): So bleiben Kühe gesund und fruchtbar! In: Blick ins Land, 12, 26-27.

Horn, M., Steinwidder, A., Zollitsch, W. (2014): Die beste Zeit zum Abkalben. In; Der fortschrittliche Landwirt , 6, 12-13.

Kalamaki M.: Genetic polymorphism of the CSN1S1 gene in the Greek indigenous Skopelos goat. In: Rahmann, G. and Aksoy, U. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 4th ISOFAR Scientific Conference. 18th IFOAM Organic World Congress 2014

Kirchner, Marlene Katharina et al. (2014): Welfare state of dairy cows in three European low-input and organic systems. In: Rahmann, G. and Aksoy, U. (Eds.) Building Organic Bridges, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Braunschweig, Germany, 1, Thuenen Report, no. 20, pp. 33-36.

Knaus, Wilhelm; Drapela, Thomas; Weissensteiner, Roswitha; Gstir,  Heinz and Zollitsch, Werner (2014): Sustainability of organic grassland-based dairy production in Tyrol Austria. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Read more.

Mertens, R., Horn, M., Steinwidder, A., Zollitsch, W. (2014): Einfluss der Laktationszahl auf Laktationskurven- und Lebendmasseverlauf von Kühen unterschiedlicher genetischer Herkunft bei Low-Input Vollweidehaltung im Berggebiet. In: Höhere Bundeslehr- und Forschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft Raumberg-Gumpenstein (Hrsg.), Fachtagung für biologische Landwirtschaft 2014, 63-66. Fachtagung für biologische Landwirtschaft, Irdning, Austria, November 6, 2014.

Rinne, M. & Sairanen, A. 2016. Mikä olisi sopiva ruokinnan  intensiteetti maidontuotannossa? Maataloustieteen Päivät 2016, Suomen Maataloustieteellisen Seuran Tiedote No 32. Ed. L. Alakukku, N. Schulman & T. Puhakainen. ISBN 978-951-9041-61-2. Available at: http://www.smts.fi/sites/smts.fi/files/MAATALOUSTIETEEN_ABSTRAKTIKIRJA2016.pdf.  p. 117.

Sairanen A. (2012). Kestävää lypsykarjataloutta. In ProAgria Itä-Suomi 1, p 9 .

Sairanen A. and Juutinen E. (2012). Maitoa pienemmillä panoksilla? In: Nauta 4, p. 32-33.

Sairanen A. (2013). MTT:n KESTO-hanke etsii kannattavuutta lehmien elinikää jatkamalla. In KMVet 3, p. 22-23.

Sairanen A., Juutinen, E., Rinne, M. and Zollitch W. (2013). Sustainable milk production using low concentrate input. In: The role of grasslands in a green future : threats and perspectives in less favoured areas. Book of abstracts, 17th symposium of the European Grass and Federation, Akureyri, Iceland. p. 279-281. http://www.egf2013.is/lisalib/getfile.aspx?itemid=7154

Sevon-Aimonen, M.L., Coffey, M., Lidauer, M. &Yan,  t. 2016.  Lehmien ylläpitotarpeen ja muuntokelpoisen energian käytön tehokkuuden perinnöllinen vaihtelu maidontuotannossa. Maataloustieteen Päivät 2016, Suomen Maataloustieteellisen Seuran Tiedote No 32. Ed. L. Alakukku, N. Schulman & T. Puhakainen. ISBN 978-951-9041-61-2. Available at: http://www.smts.fi/sites/smts.fi/files/MAATALOUSTIETEEN_ABSTRAKTIKIRJA2016.pdf.  p. 113.

Steinwidder, A., Horn, M., Pfister, R., Rohrer, H., Gasteiner, J. (2014): Verzicht auf Anfütterung mit Kraftfutter vor der Abkalbung – Einfluss der Kraftfutterversorgung nach der Abkalbung auf den Vormagen pH-Wert von frischlaktierenden Milchkühen. In: Höhere Bundeslehr- und Forschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft Raumberg-Gumpenstein (Hrsg.), Fachtagung für biologische Landwirtschaft 2014, 119-121.  Fachtagung für biologische Landwirtschaft, Irdning, Austria, November 6, 2014.

Steinwidder, A., Pfister, R., Rohrer, H., Horn, M., Gasteiner, J. (2014): Schonende Weide-Übergangsfütterung für stabile Vormagen pH-Werte bei Milchkühen. In: Angewandte Forschung und Beratung für den ökologischen Landbau in Bayern, Triesdorf, Germany, April 9, 2014, LfL Schriftenreihe, 2 (2014), 9-12; ISSN 1611-4159.

Steinwidder, A., Pfister, R., Rohrer, H., Horn, M., Gasteiner, J. (2013): Einfluss der Umstellung von Stall- auf Weidefütterung auf den Vormagen pH-Wert von Milchkühen. In: Lehr- und Forschungszentrum Raumberg-Gumpenstein, Fachtagung für biologische Landwirtschaft – Grünlandbasierte BIO-Rinderhaltung, Ergebnisse aus Forschung und Umsetzung, 123-126. Fachtagung für biologische Landwirtschaft, Irdning, Austria, November 7, 2013.

Zollitsch, Werner; Ferris, Conrad; Sairanen, Auvo; Rinne, Marketta; Steinwidder, AndreasHorn, Marco; Moorby, Jon and Vestergaard, Mogens (2014): Adapted vs. Conventional cattle genetypes – suitability for organic and low input dairy production system. In: Rahmann, G. and Aksoy, U. (Eds.) Building Organic Bridges, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Braunschweig, Germany, 1, Thuenen Report, no. 20, pp. 25-28.


 Articles published on the work in WP3:

Arco-Pérez A., E. Ramos-Morales, A.I. Martín-García. D.R. Yañez-Ruiz. 2014. Effect on Milk Production and Composition and Methane Production of Including Tomato Wastes and Olive Oil By-products and Sunflower Oil in the Diet of Dairy Goats. Animal Production Science 54:10.

Baldinger, L., Vaillant, J., Zollitsch, W., and Rinne, M. (2014): SOLID-DSS – Eine online-Anwendung zur verbesserten Abstimmung von Grundfutterangebot und -bedarf auf biologisch wirtschaftenden Low Input Milchviehbetrieben. In: Wiesinger, K., Cais, K., Obermaier, S. (eds). Proceedings of the Öko-Landbau-Tag 2014, 9 April, Triesdorf, Germany, 19-22.

Baldinger, L., Vaillant, J., Zollitsch, W. and Rinne, M. (2014): SOLID-DSS – eine Online-Anwendung zur Abstimmung von Grundfutterangebot und -bedarf auf Bio Low Input Milchviehbetrieben. Mitteilungen der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Grünland und Futterbau 16, 114-116.
Find the poster here.

Baldinger, L., Vaillant, J., Zollitsch, W., Rinne, M. ( 2014): SOLID-DSS – an online application balancing forage supply and demand in organic low-input dairy farming. In: Rahmann, G., Aksoy, U. (eds), Proceedings of the 4th ISOFAR Scientific Conference “Building Organic Bridges”, at the Organic World Congress 2014, 13-15 October, Istanbul, Turkey. 29-31. Poster from OWC.

Dong L. F., C. P. Ferris, D.A. McDowell and T. Yan, 2015. Effects of diet forage proportion on maintenance energy requirement and energetic efficiency of lactating dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science 98:8846–8855.

Dong, L.F., C.P. Ferris, D.A. McDowell and T. Yan. 2015. The effect of dietary forage proportion on enteric methane emissions of lactating dairy cows. In: The proceedings of the Annual Meeting of British Society of Animal Science, p138, Chester, UK.

Dong, L. F. T. Yan, C. P. Ferris and D. A. McDowell. 2014. Effects of dietary forage proportion on energy utilisation of lactating dairy cows. In: Book of Abstracts of the 65th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, p394, Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Dong, L. F. T. Yan, C. P. Ferris and D. A. McDowell. 2014. Effects of dietary forage proportion on energy utilisation of lactating dairy cows. In: Book of Abstracts of the 65th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, p394, Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Pardo, I. Martin-Garcia. Arco D. R. Yañez-Ruiz, R. Moral and A. del Prado. 2016. Greenhouse-gas mitigation potential of agro-industrial by-products in the diet of dairy goats in Spain: a life-cycle perspective. Animal Production Science. CSIRO Publishing. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AN15620 (In press)

Rinne, M., Dragomir, C., Kuoppala, K., Smith, J. and Yáñez-Ruiz, D. (2014): Novel feeds for organic dairy chains. IN: Organic Agriculture, published online 22 October 2014. DOI 10.1007/s13165-014-0081-3.

Rinne, Marketta; Dragomir, Catalin; Kuoppala, Kaisa; Marley, Christina; Smith, Jo and Yanez Ruiz, David (2012): Novel and underutilized feed resources – potential for use in organic and low input dairy production. In: Rahmann, Gerold and Godinho, D (Eds.) Agriculture and Forestry Research (362), pp. 404-407.

Rinne, Marketta: Rehu joka lähtöön. In: Luomulehti (1-2013) , pp. 30-31.

Rinne M., Kautto, O., Kuoppala, K., Ahvenjärvi, S., WIllför, S., Kitunen, V., Ilvesniemi, H. & Sormunen-Cristian, R. 2016. Digestion of wood-based hemicellulose extracts as screened by in vitro gas production method and verified in vivo using sheep. Agricultural Food Science 25:13-21.
Available at: http://ojs.tsv.fi/index.php/AFS/article/view/46502

Smith, J., Kuoppala, K., Yáñez-Ruiz, D., Leach K. & Rinne  M. (2014): Nutritional and fermentation quality of ensiled willow from an combined integrated feed and bioenergy agroforestry system in UK. Maataloustieteen Päivät 2014. 9 p.

Smith, Jo; Leach, Katharine; Rinne, Marketta and Kuoppala, Kaisa (2012) Integrating willow-based bioenergy and organic dairy production – the role of tree fodder for feed supplementation. In: Rahmann, Gerold and Godinho, D (Eds.) Agriculture and Forestry Research (362), pp. 394-397. 


 Articles published on the work in WP4:

Mogensen et al. (2014): Method for calculating carbon footprint of cattle feeds e including contribution from soil carbon changes and use of cattle manure

Guerci et al (2013): Parameters affecting the environmental impact of a range of dairy
farming systems in Denmark, Germany and Italy

Knudsen & Hermansen (2013): Høj andel græs gavner klima og biodiversitet (Danish)

Knudsen et al. (2013): Biodiversity – how can we include it in environmental life cycle assessments of products.

Petersen et al. (2013): An approach to include soil carbon changes in life cycle assessments

Hietala, Sanna Maria; Kurppa, Sirpa and Hermansen, John E. (2014): The carbon footprint of organic dairying in Europe. In: Rahmann, G. and Aksoy, U. (Eds.) Building Organic Bridges, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Braunschweig, Germany, 1, Thuenen Report, no. 20, pp. 251-254.

Hietala, S., Smith, L., Knudsen, M., Kurppa, S., Padel, S., Hermansen, J., (2014): Carbon footprints of organic dairying in six European countries—real farm data analysis. In: Organic Agriculture, 1-10.

Various press clip on the work in WP4 (Danish):

Mere græs til køer betyder mere biodiversitet

Mere græs til køer gavner biodiversiteten

Plantearter trives med køer på græs

More Grass Benefits Ecology As Well As Cow


 Articles published on the work in WP5:

Nicholas, Phillipa; Mandolesi, Serena; Naspetti, Simona and Zanoli, Raffaele (2014) Innovations in low input and organic dairy supply chains – what is acceptable in Europe? Journal of Dairy Science, 97 (2), pp. 1157-1167.

Latvala, Terhi: Maitoketjussa tulevaisuuden innovaatioita suunnattava eläinten hyvinvointiin. IN: Luomulehti (2, 2013), pp. 50-51.


 Articles published on the work in WP6:

Lauwers, Ludwig et al. (2014): Country-specific analysis of competitiveness and resilience of organic and low input dairy farms across Europe. In: Rahmann, G. and Aksoy, U. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 4th ISOFAR Scientific Conference.

 

Media clippings from the regional workshops:

“Dairy livestock production in Southern Europe”

(in Greek):

From Agro 24

From Proti News

From Auth press

From Thessalia TV

From Capital.gr

From Thraki Today

From Notios Enikos

From Paseges.gr


Other dissemination acitvities

Undertaken by Mark Measures, March 2016

To Organic Milk Suppliers Co-operative (SOLID Partner) – OMSCO is the principle organic milk buyer in the UK.

Dissemination of the results of the SOLID project to 234 producer members throughout England, Wales and Scotland through the monthly OMSCO member’s newsletter “Turning Worm”. Including 1) a SOLID project review and links to the SOLID website, Farmer Handbook and Technical Notes, 2) report on the SOLID Participative Research, to which OMSCO members contributed and 3) links to the SOLID E-Learning tools.

To Institute of Organic Training and Advice (Organic Research Centre) (SOLID Partner) – IOTA is a professional institute providing information and accreditation of organic advisers throughout the UK.

Dissemination of the results of the SOLID project to adviser members throughout England, Wales and Scotland through the IOTA Wiggio email discussion group and IOTA website. Including 1) a SOLID project review and links to the SOLID website, Farmer Handbook and Technical Notes, 2) report on the SOLID Participative Research and 3) links to the SOLID E-Learning tools.


General SOLID information

SOLID Newsletters

An information leaflet on the SOLID project is now available.

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