Livestock-based sustainable land use
Veranstaltungstyp: Vorlesung
Beschreibung: Contents:
This module highlights the general positive and negative impacts of livestock and
livestock management on the natural resources (air, water, soil vegetation), specifically
under (sub)tropical conditions, at the plot to the watershed scale. It discusses options
for sustainable livestock-based land use, thereby building upon the beneficial impacts of
animals on soils and plants. Management options for reducing negative environmental
effects of livestock (gaseous emissions, nutrient excretion) are highlighted, and
possibilities for consolidating the interests of livestock keepers with international
conventions are discussed. The students are introduced, in lectures, own reading and
practical field tests to up-to-date quantitative and qualitative methods that are used in
studies on animal-environment interactions.
Simple modelling approaches that depict animal-environment interactions at the plot
level up to the watershed scale are presented and tested by the participants.

Learning outcome, core skills:
To understand the interactions of livestock with the natural resource base and their siteand
management specific positive or negative environmental impacts;
To get acquainted with and test methodological approaches used in field research on
livestock-environment interactions;
To learn about simple modelling approaches and the significance of their results.

Examination requirements:
Influences of animal husbandry / the individual animal on its environment: soil fertility
and soil erosion, pasture vegetation, nutrient transfers, greenhouse gas emissions;
livestock keeping versus nature conservation; methods for assessing quality and
quantity of pasture vegetation; methods to determine the animal's behavior at pasture
and its feed intake.

Findet in Witzenhausen statt!
Ort: nicht angegeben
Semester: SoSe 2024
Zeiten: Mi. 14:15 - 17:45 (wöchentlich) - H1, [WIZ, Nordbahnhofstr.][1] [1]: https://portal.uni-kassel.de/qisserver/rds?state=verpublish&publishContainer=buildingContainer&k_gebaeude.gebid=8058 "Details ansehen zu WIZ, Nordbahnhofstr."
Erster Termin: Mittwoch, 10.04.2024 14:15 - 17:45
Veranstaltungsnummer: 740517
Voraussetzungen: Basic knowledge (B.Sc. level) of soil, plant and animal sciences
Leistungsnachweis: →Ab hier automatisch erfasste Informationen / Beyond this point, the information is filled in automatically← Prüfungsleistung(en) je Modul / Exam details per module: * [(M.SIA.A13M.Mp) Livestock-based sustainable land use][1] * Klausur: Mi, 24.07.2024, von 14:15:00 bis 15:45:00 * Klausur: Di, 15.10.2024, von 14:15:00 bis 15:45:00 [1]: https://ecampus.uni-goettingen.de/h1/pages/startFlow.xhtml?_flowId=detailView-flow&unitId=32507&periodId=272
Sonstiges: Steinfeld, H., Gerber, P., Wassenaar, T., Castel, V., Rosales, M., de Haan, C. 2006:
Livestock's long shadow. Fao, Rome, Italy; Specific scientific articles, distributed in the
course.
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Heimatinstitut: Animal Husbandry in the Tropics and Subtropics
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