Published in 2025
A study examining the current state of knowledge regarding the welfare of three insects raised for human and animal consumption (black soldier flies, houseflies, and yellow mealworms) based on the five-domain framework (nutrition, physical health, environment, behavior, and mental state).
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Invertebrates
Published in 2026
Scientific review of knowledge on heat stress in dairy cows. The management of heat stress requires a combination of adjustments to the environment, targeted nutrition, and genetic selection for thermotolerance.
Document types: Scientific documents
Animal categories: Bovines
Published in 2026
Review starting from the "One Health" principle, which aims to reconcile animal welfare, human health, and environmental protection. Tensions may exist between these objectives.
Document types: Technical documents
Animal categories: All animals
Published in 2026
Special issue of INRAE Productions Animales featuring ten articles on scientific advances and technological innovations to develop sustainable livestock farming systems that incorporate animal welfare
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: All animals
Published in 2025
Review showing that climate change poses a serious threat to the welfare of mountain animals farmed in extensive systems, with cattle being particularly vulnerable to heat stress and fodder shortages. The study highlights the need for integrated adaptation strategies that reconcile welfare, Adaptation of the animal to the environment, and the sustainability of mountain systems.
Document Types: Scientific review
Published in 2025
A study of regenerative farming in the northwestern United States, highlighting tensions between the relational values expressed by ranchers and certain culturally-rooted practices. It highlights the potential of this model to improve human-animal relationships, provided that animal welfare is explicitly integrated into agricultural decision-making and policies.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Published in 2025
Study comparing the preferences and levels of consensus of non-farmers and farmers on a set of agricultural policy objectives using surveys conducted in Switzerland. Farmers and non-farmers agree on the importance of food production and farm incomes, but non-farmers place more importance on low food prices and agri-environmental objectives than farmers.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Published in 2025
Study analyzing the sustainability challenges for modern pork production seeking to combine animal welfare, minimal environmental impacts and circular bioeconomic principles. It highlights the role of innovative farming systems, sustainable management practices and life cycle assessment (LCA) in reconciling productivity and respect for the environment.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories: Porcines
Published in 2025
Report on the uses to which funding from the EAFRD (European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development) is put by certain French Regional authorities. The study, which focuses on capital and set-up grants, highlights the levers available regionally to support the transition to more sustainable forms of livestock farming that respect animal welfare.
Document Types: Technical review
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry
Published in 2025
CIWF report on the lack of ambition for animal welfare and the agro-ecological transition in French regional policy making. To transform livestock farming, the report considers it essential to incorporate strict criteria, improve sustainable practices and join up public policies at all levels.
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories: All animals
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