About the Book
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is at an impasse. While it is said that existing policies are not tenable, all recent reform plans have been condemned as unacceptable. However, a "bond scheme", as part of reform that pays more attention to society's aspirations for the environment and rural development, offers a way forward. This book demystifies the bond scheme proposal and explores concerns expressed by farmers and policy makers. Written by economists, a political scientist and a practising politician, it offers rare insights into EU farm policy.
Table of Contents:
1: Interactions between Cattle and the Environment: AGeneral Introduction, E Pfeffer, Institut fur Tierernährung,Bonn, Germany, and A N Hristov, University of Idaho,Moscow, USA 2: Nitrogen Requirements of Cattle, C G Schwab, Universityof New Hampshire, Durham, USA, P Huhtanen, MTTAgrifood Research Centre, Jokionen, Finland, C W Hunt,University of Idaho, Moscow, USA, and T Hvelplund,Institiute Agricultural Sciences, Tjele, Denmark 3: Nitrogen Metabolism in the Rumen, N D Walker,AgResearch, Palmerston North, New Zealand, C J Newbold,University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK, and R J Wallace,Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen, UK 4: Factors Affecting the Efficiency of Nitrogen Utilization inthe Rumen, A N Hristov, J-P Jouany, Inst National de laRecherche Agronomique, Saint Genes Champanelle, France 5: Whole Animal Nitrogen Balance in Cattle, J L Firkins,Ohio State University, Columbus, USA, and C Reynolds,Ohio State University, Wooster, USA 6: Phosphorus Metabolism in the Rumen, R L Kincaid,Washington State University, Pullman, USA, andM Rodehutscord, Martin-Luther-Universitat HalleWittenberg, Germany 7: Phosphorus Metabolism in Ruminants and Requirementsof Cattle, E Pfeffer, D K Beede, Michigan State University,East Lansing, USA, and H Valk¸I D TNO Animal Nutrition,Lelystad, The Netherlands 8: Effects of Dietary Phosphorus and Nitrogen on CattleReproduction, J D Ferguson, University of Pennsylvania,Philadelphia, USA, and D Sklan, Hebrew University,Rehovot, Israel 9: Improving the Efficiency of Nutrient Use on CattleOperations, J Schröder and A Bannick, WageningenUniversity and Research Centre, Wageningen, TheNetherlands, R Kohn, University of Maryland, College Park,USA
About the Author :
Dr. Alexander N. Hristov is a Distinguished Professor of Dairy Nutrition in the Department of Animal Science at The Pennsylvania State University and is a member of several professional societies and of the Feed Composition Committee of the National Animal Nutrition Program. He has a B.S. from the Higher Institute of Zooengineering and Veterinary Medicine, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, and a Ph.D. in Animal Nutrition from the Bulgarian Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Hristov has worked as a research scientist at the Institute of Animal Sciences, Kostinbrod, Bulgaria, the USDA-ARS Dairy Forage Research Center in Madison, WI, and the Ag Canada Research Center in Lethbridge, AB. He was on the faculty at the Department of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Idaho from 1999 to 2008 and is at Penn State since 2008. Hristov's main research interests are in the areas of mitigation of nutrient losses and gaseous emissions from dairy operations and protein and amino acid nutrition of dairy cattle. He initiated and led the development of the world's first Dairy MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) with a current enrollment of over 57,000 (https://www.coursera.org/learn/dairy-production). Hristov has given over 110 invited presentations and published over 220 books, book chapters, and peer-reviewed journal articles with over 20,000 citations and all-time Google Scholar h-index of 78 and i10-index of 195.
