Lecture on “Innovative and sustainable technologies in livestock production”
On 12 June 2025, as part of the Erasmus+ International Summer School ‘Sustainable Animal Production and Animal Welfare’, Anatoliy Shostya, Professor of the Department of Animal Production Technology at Poltava State Agrarian University, gave a lecture on ‘Innovative and sustainable technologies in animal production’.
The lecture covered innovative and sustainable technologies in animal husbandry, which are increasingly determining the direction of the industry’s development, ensuring its competitiveness and compliance with environmental and social requirements. Sustainable development in animal husbandry is characterised by a balanced combination of economic efficiency, social responsibility and environmental safety. Sustainable practices include the use of energy-saving technologies, water reuse, waste utilisation with biogas production, optimisation of livestock structure and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. In particular, the use of biogas plants on livestock farms makes it possible to utilise manure and manure effluents, reducing environmental pollution and at the same time obtaining an alternative source of energy.
Another important element of a sustainable production model is compliance with animal welfare principles, i.e. comfortable housing conditions, sufficient space, adequate ventilation, lighting and access to high-quality feed and water.
Therefore, innovative and sustainable technologies in animal husbandry are key factors in the modernisation of the industry in an era of global challenges, ensuring increased production efficiency, improved product quality, reduced production costs and environmental impact.
The summer school was organised as part of the international project ‘Sustainable Livestock Production and Animal Welfare’ (SULAWE).
