Energetic Potential of Romania’s Grasslands

Authors

  • Neculai Dragomir Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine from Timişoara, Faculty of Animal Sciences and Biotechnologies, 300645-Timisoara, Calea Aradului, 119, Romania
  • Corina Cristea Grass Research- Development Station Timişoara, Calea Urseni, 32, România
  • Carmen Dragomir Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine from Timişoara, Faculty of Animal Sciences and Biotechnologies, 300645-Timisoara, Calea Aradului, 119, Romania
  • Maria Sauer Research-Development Station from Sheep and Goats Caransebeş, Romania
  • Ioan Peţ Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine from Timişoara, Faculty of Animal Sciences and Biotechnologies, 300645-Timisoara, Calea Aradului, 119, Romania
  • Teodor Cristea Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine from Timişoara, Faculty of Horticulture and Forestry, Calea Aradului, 119, Timişoara, România
  • Darius Văcariu Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine from Timişoara, Faculty of Animal Sciences and Biotechnologies, 300645-Timisoara, Calea Aradului, 119, Romania
  • Sebastian Constantinescu Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine from Timişoara, Faculty of Animal Sciences and Biotechnologies, 300645-Timisoara, Calea Aradului, 119, Romania

Keywords:

biomass, cattle, energy, permanent grassland

Abstract

Permanent grasslands represent, all over the world, an asset that contributes to maintaining ecological balance in all other natural ecosystem, a never-ending reservoir of vegetal biomass that supplies most of the necessary food for animals and that can also be an important source of “green energy”. In Romania, only 56% of the grassland area (i.e. 2,200,000 ha) would be enough to cover the necessary fibrous fodder for the cattle, while the rest of 44% (i.e. 1,700,000 ha) could be used to produce energy.

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Published

2023-09-05

Issue

Vol. 45 No. 1 (2012): Scientific Papers: Animal Science and Biotechnologies

Section

Grassland and Fooder Crops

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