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 ...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.展开更多
基金supported by the Program of Advanced Discipline Construction in Beijing(Agriculture Green Development)the Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities(Plant–soil Interactions innovative research platform 1031-00100701)+1 种基金the Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Root traits drive microbial transformation and stabilization of rootderived carbon in soil affected by maize/peanut intercrop 32072676)the Chinese Universities Scientific Fund(2021TC060)。
文摘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.
