Junior research scientist in conception of dairy cattle system

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Junior research scientist in conception of dairy cattle system

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Offer DescriptionThe Physiology, Environment and Genetics for Animals and Farming Systems (PEGASE) joint research unit, based in St-Gilles near Rennes, conducts research aimed at gaining a better understanding of the interactions between animals, farming practices and the environment in order to improve the sustainability of food systems. Within this unit, you will join the ‘SYSTELL’ team, made up of sixteen permanent staff, including twelve scientists from INRAE and the Institut Agro Rennes-Angers, which has in-depth expertise in characterising the multi-performance of dairy systems and the impacts and benefits of various management methods.Your research project will aim to develop, validate and promote the most appropriate management strategies for low-cost, sustainable dairy systems that are adapted to their environment. The originality of the project lies in the combination of approaches: database analyses, system experiments and multi-criteria assessments of production systems. Your aim will be to understand how to combine the most parsimonious use of resources in the broadest sense (inputs, energy, water, labour, etc.) to achieve sobriety, a key element in agro-ecological transitions.To carry out your project, you will have access to two decades’ worth of data collected as part of trials carried out within various INRAE grassland dairy experimental systems, which will enable you to assess the sobriety criteria of these systems, in combination with other performance criteria at farm level. You will analyse the synergies and antagonisms of the various levers with a view to the overall objective of sobriety, taking into account different time scales. You will also draw on existing long-term zootechnical trials and/or design new ones, analysing the levers that you have identified as meeting the challenges of sobriety, to identify the determinants of their sustainability. The aim will be for you to put forward concrete recommendations for management strategies that are adapted to different contexts, easy to implement, and using agro-ecological levers. Your aim will be to inform the choices made by those involved in the industry and public policy to support the transition of dairy systems in a socio-economic context.Where to apply WebsiteRequirementsResearch Field Agricultural sciences Education Level PhD or equivalentAdditional InformationWebsite for additional job detailsWork Location(s)Number of offers available 1 Company/Institute French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment (INRAE) Country France City SAINT GILLES Postal Code 35590 GeofieldContact CitySAINT GILLES WebsitePostal Code35590 E-Mailnadege.edouard@inrae.frSTATUS: EXPIREDShare this page

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Sint-Gillis, Brussel

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Wed, 29 Jan 2025 05:19:59 GMT

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