HARNESSING BIODIVERSITY FOR HEALTHY DAIRY FARMS

doi:10.15302/J-FASE-2022445

Front. Agr. Sci. Eng.

2022, Vol. 9

Issue (2) : 238-244 https://doi.org/10.15302/J-FASE-2022445

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HARNESSING BIODIVERSITY FOR HEALTHY DAIRY FARMS

Ruqiang ZHANG, Zixi HAN, Qiaofang LU, Kang WANG, Yanjie CHEN, Wen-Feng CONG(

), Fusuo ZHANG

College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Key Laboratory of Plant-Soil Interactions, Ministry of Education, National Observation and Research Station of Agriculture Green Development (Quzhou, Hebei), China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China

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Abstract

● Plant and soil biodiversity underline healthy dairy farms with less agrochemical inputs.

● Biodiversity-driven integrative approaches support healthy soils and high-quality milk products.

● Biodiversity-based modern farms can achieve high profitability with less environmental impacts.

Producing sufficient high-quality forage to meet the increasing domestic demand for safe and nutritious milk products is one of the critical challenges that Chinese dairy farms are facing. The increased forage biomass production, mainly contributed by agrochemicals inputs in China, is accompanied by tremendous impacts on the ecology of dairy farms and soil quality. This paper presents a framework for healthy dairy farms in which targeted management practices are applied for quality milk products with minimal adverse environmental impacts. The paper also summarizes biodiversity management practices at the field and landscape scales toward lessening inputs of water, fertilizers, pesticides and mitigating soil compaction. Dairy farming with biodiversity-driven technologies and solutions will be more productive in producing quality milk and minimizing environmental damage.

Keywords biodiversity dairy farm one health concept soil health

Corresponding Author(s): Wen-Feng CONG

Just Accepted Date: 22 April 2022 Online First Date: 13 May 2022 Issue Date: 25 May 2022

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Ruqiang ZHANG,Zixi HAN,Qiaofang LU, et al. HARNESSING BIODIVERSITY FOR HEALTHY DAIRY FARMS[J]. Front. Agr. Sci. Eng. , 2022, 9(2): 238-244.

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Fig.1 Biodiversity-based principles applied in dairy farms in support of One Health concept.

Fig.2 Biodiversity-based measures for constructing a healthy farm.

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