VetSRev
Database of veterinary systematic reviews
Database of veterinary systematic reviews
Sustainability (2020) 12:
DOI: 10.3390/su12145502
Dairy cows are able to convert fibrous materials, such as grass, roughage, and by-products from the food industry, into milk and meat, which justifies their role in food production. However, modern dairy farming is associated with major sustainability challenges, including greenhouse gas emissions. In order to develop sustainable future production, it is important to implement existing knowledge and fill knowledge gaps. The aim of this study was to systematically map the scientific literature on environmental, economic, and social sustainability at farm level in dairy farming. Literature published between January 2000 and March 2020 and with the geographical focus on Europe, North America, and Australia-New Zealand was included. In total, the literature search resulted in 169 hits, but after removing duplicates and papers outside the study scope only 35 papers remained. Of these, only 11 dealt with the three dimensions of sustainability, and several of these only mentioned one or two of the dimensions or set them in relation to that/those actually studied. Overall, the selected literature did not clearly explain how aspects of sustainability are interlinked, so possible negative or positive interactions between different aspects of sustainability dimensions remain unidentified.
Segerkvist, K. A., Hansson, H., Sonesson, U., & Gunnarsson, S. (2020). Research on environmental, economic, and social sustainability in dairy farming: a systematic mapping of current literature. Sustainability, 12(14). https://doi.org/10.3390/su12145502 Australia, cattle, cows, dairy cows, Animal Nutrition (Production Responses) [LL520], beef, beef cattle, Meat Produce [QQ030], systematic reviews, Animal Nutrition (Physiology) [LL510], cattle feeding, Dairy Animals [LL110], diets, Meat Producing Animals [LL120], Europe, interactions, literature reviews, feeding stuffs, feeds, milk, Milk and Dairy Produce [QQ010], milk production, Agricultural Economics [EE110], environmental impact, emissions, grasses, roughage, beef production, economic evaluation, food industry, sustainability, foods, literature, greenhouse gases, New Zealand, Meteorology and Climate [PP500], North America, Feed Composition and Quality [RR300], environmental effects, dairy farming, factors of production, farm management, Animal Wastes [XX100], Forage and Fodder Crops [FF007], Poaceae, food production, byproducts, production factors