Authors: Fernández-Habas J., Hidalgo-Fernández M.T., Leal-Murillo J.R., García-Moreno A.M., Reina-Belmonte J.A., Quero J.L., Fernández-Rebollo P., Vanwalleghem T. and Mendez P. Abstract The increase in temperature and reduction of rainfall due to...
MorePreferences for grassland-management innovations in dehesa farms from Andalusia (Spain)
Authors: Fernández-Habas J., Fernández-Rebollo P., Vanwalleghem T., Luis-González A., Sánchez-Zamora P. and Gallardo-Cobos R. Abstract Permanent grasslands (PG) are of key importance for the provision of ecosystem services (ES). Suitable...
MoreA management-based typology for European permanent grasslands
Authors: Tonn B.1, Bausson C.2, Ten Berge H.3, Buchmann N.4, Bufe C.3, Eggers S.5, Fernández-Rebollo P.6, Forster-Brown C.7, Hiron M.5, Klaus V.H.4, Korevaar H.3, Lellei-Kovács E.8, Lombardi G.9, Markovic B.10, Ravetto Enri S.9, Schils R.L.M.3...
MoreEuropean permanent grasslands mainly threatened by abandonment, heat and drought, and conversion to temporary grassland
Authors: Schils R.L.M.1, Newell Price J.P.2, Klaus V.H.3, Tonn B.4, Hejduk S.5, Stypinski P.6, Hiron M.7, Fernández P.8, Ravetto Enri S.9, Lellei-Kovacs E.10, Annett N.11, Markovic B.12, Lively F.13, Ten Berge H.1, Smith K.2, Forster-Brown C.2...
MoreEffects of organic farming on ecosystem services and multifunctionality in Switzerland: the ServiceGrass project
Authors: Klaus V.H.(1), Richter F.1, Buchmann N.(1), Jan P.(2), El Benni N.(2)and Lüscher A.(3) (1)Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zürich, Universitätstr. (2), 8092 Zürich, Switzerland; Research Division Competitiveness and System...
MoreGrazing season: top start!
SUPER-G project partners from the Chambres d’agriculture de Normandie recently launched an article, related with the beginning of grazing season, in Normandy local press, about the project. After the heavy rainfall of the last few months...
MoreSuper-G article on AGROTEJO annual magazine
The project was featured in an article in the annual magazine AGROTEJO. AGROTEJO – União Agrícola do Norte do Vale do Tejo is a non-profit Portuguese association of farmers, whose main area of focus is the North of the Tagus Valley: To...
MoreSUPER-G Northern England Farm Network Webinar
Back in September, The SUPER-G Northern England farm network held a webinar with the UK Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) Beef and Lamb and ADAS. During the webinar we heard from James Drummond from Lemmington Hill Head farm...
MoreBSAS webinars – Precision Livestock Farming and Sensing Technology in Extensive Grassland Systems
British Society of Animal Science held a webinar regarding the Precision Livestock Farming and Sensing Technology in Extensive Grassland Systems. The first part of the webinar was held on the 17th November, was chaired by Ilan Halachmi and...
MoreThe increasing in the floristic diversity of the abandoned Arrhenatherion elatioris meadows by dicotyledonous species oversowing
Many meadow and pasture habitats and their plant species are currently highly endangered. One of such habitat are species-rich, extensively used, lowland, semi-natural Arrhenatherion elatioris meadows (code 6510 in the NATURA 2000 network). These...
MoreSUPER-G poster on threats to permanent grasslands presented at EGF meeting
Paul Newell Price presented our recent assessment of threats to permanent grassland across Europe. We carried out a survey among agronomists, ecologists, soil scientists, foresters and agri-environmental consultants to assess the threats for...
MoreEffects of organic farming on ecosystem services and multifunctionality in Switzerland: the ServiceGrass project
Authors: KLAUS V.H, RICTHER F., BUCHMANN N., JAN P., EL BENNI N. and LUSCHER A. Abstract Sustainable agriculture delivers not only market goods but also many public ecosystem ervices and nonmarket goods. Agricultural intensifcation undermines...
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