scholarly journals Horse meat production in northern Spain: ecosystem services and sustainability in High Nature Value farmland

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kizkitza Insausti ◽  
Lorea R Beldarrain ◽  
Mª Paz Lavín ◽  
Noelia Aldai ◽  
Ángel R Mantecón ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Meat Production ◽  
Northern Spain ◽  
Horse Meat ◽  
High Nature Value Farmland

scholarly journals Foraging behaviour and performance of steers from two local breeds (Asturian Valley and Asturian Mountain) grazing in Cantabrian (N Spain) summer pastures

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. e0601
Author(s):  
Alicia Román-Trufero ◽  
Antonio Martínez ◽  
Luis M. M. Ferreira ◽  
Valentín García-Prieto ◽  
Rocío Rosa-García ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Diet Composition ◽  
Foraging Behaviour ◽  
Meat Production ◽  
Market Demand ◽  
Nutrient Requirements ◽  
Northern Spain ◽  
Sward Height ◽  
And Performance

Steer meat production in northern Spain is deficient to attend market demand. This research aimed to compare the foraging behaviour and production of yearling steers from two local breeds differing in body weight (BW), Asturian Valley (AV, 372 kg) and Asturian Mountain (AM, 307 kg), grazing in summer pastures consisting of 70% grassland and 30% heathland. Bodyweight gains from a total of 42 steers were recorded during four grazing seasons (from June to October). In two years, in July and September, plant community selection and diet composition were estimated by direct observation and using faecal markers, respectively. Grazing time increased from July to September (488 vs. 557 min/day; p<0.001) as sward height in the grassland decreased. Although AV steers grazed proportionally for longer on herbaceous pastures than AM steers (81.3 vs. 73.3%; p<0.05), no differences between breeds were found in diet composition. AM steers showed greater mean daily BW gains than AV steers (252 vs. 133 g/day; p<0.01). From June to August, steers from both breeds gained BW (487 vs. 360 g/day for AM and AV, respectively; p<0.01), but thereafter BW gains decreased (120 vs. –12 g/day for AM and AV, respectively; p<0.05), because of reduced availability of grassland herbage. Yearling steers from AM breed seem to be better suited to mountain conditions than those from AV breed, probably because of their smaller body size and lower total nutrient requirements for maintenance.

scholarly journals An Assessment and Spatial Modelling of Agricultural Land Abandonment in Spain (2015–2030)

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina Perpiña Castillo ◽  
Eloína Coll Aliaga ◽  
Carlo Lavalle ◽  
José Carlos Martínez Llario
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Natura 2000 ◽  
Spatial Modelling ◽  
Land Abandonment ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Northern Spain ◽  
Joint Research ◽  
Protection Measures ◽  
High Nature Value Farmland

This article presents a study based on the outputs from the LUISA Territorial modelling platform (Joint Research Centre of the European Commission) focused on regional and local future projections of land abandonment between 2015 and 2030. Spain is taken as representative of one of the countries highly affected by agricultural land abandonment in the European Union. The most relevant factors driving land abandonment (biophysical, agroeconomics, farm structure and demographic) are described and mapped. Results from the analysis reveal that the Galicia region, northern Spain (Asturias, Cantabria, Gipuzkoa, Bizkaia), north-eastern Spain (Aragón region), central Pyrenees/Ebro basin (Huesca, Navarra, Lleida) and south-eastern Spain (Murcia, Almería, Alicante, Málaga) are expected to undergo important abandonment processes. The study also concludes that land abandonment within mountainous, high nature value farmland and Natura 2000 areas is lower compared to the outside area without conservation and protection measures.

Agricultural practices, ecosystem services and sustainability in High Nature Value farmland: Unraveling the perceptions of farmers and nonfarmers

2016 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. 130-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Bernués ◽  
Elena Tello-García ◽  
Tamara Rodríguez-Ortega ◽  
Raimon Ripoll-Bosch ◽  
Isabel Casasús
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
High Nature Value Farmland

scholarly journals Analysing the Synergies and Trade-Offs between Ecosystem Services to Reorient Land Use Planning in Metropolitan Bilbao (Northern Spain)

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorena Peña ◽  
Miren Onaindia ◽  
Beatriz Fernández de Manuel ◽  
Ibone Ametzaga-Arregi ◽  
Izaskun Casado-Arzuaga
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Basque Country ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Natural Ecosystems ◽  
Northern Spain ◽  
Trade Offs

In the last decades, some European cities have undergone important changes in search of a more sustainable development. This is the case for the city of Bilbao (Bizkaia, Basque Country), where a Greenbelt has been maintained surrounding the urban areas allowing the periurban areas to deliver ecosystem services (ES) to society. However, the role of the different ecosystems in the provision of ES is not the same, which can lead to conflicts among them. The aim of this study is to analyze the synergies and trade-offs among the eight most important ES in the Bilbao Metropolitan Greenbelt (BMG) to orient their management strategies towards more multifunctional landscapes. We mapped the ES and overlapped them looking for the most relevant areas for the provision of multiple ES and areas that are mostly lacking ES provision. We identify also existing ES trade-offs and synergies between ES using correlations so that managers can prioritize preservation efforts of land use types in the rest of the area. The results show that provisioning ES had trade-offs with regulating and cultural ES and the latter showed synergies between them. The former are mainly delivered by semi-natural ecosystems, while regulating and cultural ES are delivered mainly by natural ecosystems. Moreover, the most relevant areas for the provision of multiple ES were proposed as potential components of a Green Infrastructure (GI). Their identification and ES bundles could help decision-makers to orient their management strategies towards sustainability in metropolitan areas.

An assessment of the fatty acid composition of horse-meat available at the retail level in northern Spain

Meat Science ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 124 ◽  
pp. 39-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xabier Belaunzaran ◽  
Paz Lavín ◽  
Luis J.R. Barron ◽  
Angel R. Mantecón ◽  
John K.G. Kramer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acid Composition ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Acid Composition ◽  
Northern Spain ◽  
Horse Meat

scholarly journals EFFICIENCY OF PRODUCTION OF HORSE MEAT AND KOUMISS FROM THE KAZAKH HORSES OF THE ADAI OFFSPRING

REPORTS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (330) ◽  
pp. 58-63
Author(s):  
M. Kargayeva
Keyword(s):  
Milk Yield ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Carcass Weight ◽  
Meat Production ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Young Stock ◽  
Horse Meat ◽  
Commercial Milk ◽  
Desert Zone ◽  
Mangyshlak Peninsula

Kazakh horses of the Adai offspring are the standard of herd horses in the desert zone of the Mangyshlak Peninsula. They perfectly adapt to the area of their reproduction, hardy to long-distance driving to various pastures. With an insignificant expenditure of labor and money, young Adai horses reach 340-350 kg of live weight by the age of 2.5 years. When slaughtering stallions, the carcass weight reaches 185-195 kg. High-milk mares for 105 days of lactation produce from 590 liters to 675 liters of marketable milk. The rates of slaughter yield in Adai young stock were also comparatively lower than that of stallions of the Mangystau population and averaged to 53.9 %, while the rate of slaughter yield in horses of the Mangistau population was 55.1 %. When studying the dairy productivity of both groups of mares, it was found that mares of the Adai offspring have higher dairy productivity than the Mangistau population under pasture conditions. Over 105 days of lactation, the milking capacity of the mares of the Adai offspring was 1617.0 liters, in the Mangistau population it was 1413.3 liters, and commercial milk yield was 674.1 and 590.1 liters, respectively. Thus, the yield of the Adai mares exceeds by 14.2 % or 84.0 liters in comparison with the Mangistau population. Profitability in the horse meat production reaches from 70 % to 74 % and in koumiss production – 13.9-16.9 %.

On visions and promises — ethical aspects of in vitro meat

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 753-758
Author(s):  
Silvia Woll
Keyword(s):  
Animal Welfare ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Meat Production ◽  
Ethical Aspects ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
In Vitro Meat ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Production Conditions

Innovators of in vitro meat (IVM) are convinced that this approach is the solution for problems related to current meat production and consumption, especially regarding animal welfare and environmental issues. However, the production conditions have yet to be fully clarified and there is still a lack of ethical discourses and critical debates on IVM. In consequence, discussion about the ethical justifiability and desirability of IVM remains hypothetical and we have to question those promises. This paper addresses the complex ethical aspects associated with IVM and the questions of whether, and under what conditions, the production of IVM represents an ethically justifiable solution for existing problems, especially in view of animal welfare, the environment, and society. There are particular hopes regarding the benefits that IVM could bring to animal welfare and the environment, but there are also strong doubts about their ethical benefits.

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