Taro Takahashi

Name	Taro Takahashi
Job title	Contractor
Email address	taro.takahashi@rothamsted.ac.uk
Department	Sustainable Agriculture Sciences North Wyke
Research cluster	SAS-NW: Grazing Livestock Systems
ORCID	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3492-7299
Office	North Wyke

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Research outputs

Key traits for ruminant livestock across diverse production systems in the context of climate change: perspectives from a global platform of research farms

Rivero, M. J., Lopez-Villalobos, N., Evans, A., Berndt, A., Cartmill, A., Neal, A. L., McLaren, A., Farruggia, A., Mignolet, C., Chadwick, D. R., Styles, D., McCracken, D., Busch, D., Martin, G. B., Fleming, H. R., Sheridan, H., Gibbons, J., Merbold, L., Eisler, M., Lambe, N., Rovira, P., Harris, P., Murphy, P., Vercoe, P. E., Williams, P., Machado, R., Takahashi, T., Puech, T., Boland, T., Ayala, W. and Lee, M. R. F. 2021. Key traits for ruminant livestock across diverse production systems in the context of climate change: perspectives from a global platform of research farms. Reproduction, Fertility and Development. 33 (2), pp. 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1071/RD20205

Using a lamb's early-life liveweight as a predictor of carcass quality

Jones, A. G., Takahashi, T., Fleming, H., Griffith, B. A., Harris, P. and Lee, M. R. F. 2020. Using a lamb's early-life liveweight as a predictor of carcass quality. Animal. (Article), p. 100018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2020.100018

Modelling Chinese grassland systems to improve herder livelihoods and grassland sustainability

Behrendt, K., Takahashi, T., Kemp, D. R., Han, G., Li, Z., Wang, Z., Badgery, W. and Liu, H. 2020. Modelling Chinese grassland systems to improve herder livelihoods and grassland sustainability. Rangeland Journal. https://doi.org/10.1071/RJ20053

Elucidating three-way interactions between soil, pasture and animals that regulate nitrous oxide emissions from temperate grazing systems

McAuliffe, G., Lopez, M., Blackwell, M. S. A., Castellano-Hinojosa, A., Darch, T., Evans, J., Horrocks, C. A., Le Cocq, K., Takahashi, T., Harris, P., Lee, M. R. F. and Cardenas, L. M. 2020. Elucidating three-way interactions between soil, pasture and animals that regulate nitrous oxide emissions from temperate grazing systems. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 300, p. 106978. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2020.106978

Economic and welfare impacts of providing good life opportunities to farm animals

Stokes, J. E., Mullan, S., Takahashi, T., Monte, F. and Main, D. C. J. 2020. Economic and welfare impacts of providing good life opportunities to farm animals. Animals. 10 (4), p. 610. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10040610

Applications of nutritional functional units in commodity-level life cycle assessment (LCA) of agri-food systems

McAuliffe, G. A., Takahashi, T. and Lee, M. R. F. 2020. Applications of nutritional functional units in commodity-level life cycle assessment (LCA) of agri-food systems. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 25, pp. 208-221. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-019-01679-7

Assessing the environmental impact of ruminant production systems

Takahashi, T., McAuliffe, G. A. and Lee, M. R. F. 2019. Assessing the environmental impact of ruminant production systems. in: Weidema, B. (ed.) Assessing the environmental impact of agriculture Cambridge Burleigh Dodds. pp. 121-138

Global ivory market prices since the 1989 CITES ban

Sosnowski, M. C., Knowles, T. G., Takahashi, T. and Rooney, N. J. 2019. Global ivory market prices since the 1989 CITES ban. Biological Conservation. 237, pp. 392-399. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.07.020

Evaluation of water dynamics of contour-levee irrigation system in sloped rice fields in Colombia

Takeda, N., López-Galvis, L., Pineda, D., Castilla, A., Takahashi, T., Fukuda, S. and Kensuke, O. 2019. Evaluation of water dynamics of contour-levee irrigation system in sloped rice fields in Colombia. Agricultural Water Management. 217 (20 May), pp. 107-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2019.02.032

The environmental costs and benefits of high-yield farming

Balmford, A., Amano, T., Bartlett, H., Chadwick, D., Collins, A. L., Edwards, D., Field, R., Garnsworthy, P., Green, R., Smith, P., Waters, H., Whitmore, A. P., Broom, D. M., Chara, J., Finch, T., Garnett, E., Gathorne-Hardy, A., Hernandez-Medrano, J., Herrero, M., Hua, F., Latawiec, A., Misselbrook, T. H., Phalan, B., Simmons I. B., Takahashi, T., Vause, J., Ermgassen, E. Z. and Eisner, R. 2018. The environmental costs and benefits of high-yield farming. Nature Sustainability. 1, pp. 477-285. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-018-0138-5

Framework for life cycle assessment of livestock production systems to account for the nutritional quality of final products

Mcauliffe, G. A., Takahashi, T. and Lee, M. R. F. 2018. Framework for life cycle assessment of livestock production systems to account for the nutritional quality of final products. Food and Energy Security. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.143

Roles of instrumented farm-scale trials in trade-off assessments of pasture-based ruminant production systems

Takahashi, T., Harris, P., Blackwell, M. S. A., Cardenas, L. M., Collins, A. L., Dungait, J. A. J., Hawkins, J. M. B., Misselbrook, T. H., McAuliffe, G. A., McFadzean, J. N., Murray, P. J., Orr, R. J., Rivero, M. J., Wu, L. and Lee, M. R. F. 2018. Roles of instrumented farm-scale trials in trade-off assessments of pasture-based ruminant production systems. Animal. 12 (8), pp. 1766-1776. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1751731118000502

Grand challenges in sustainable intensification and ecosystem services

Firbank, L. G., Attwood, S., Eory, V., Gadanakis, Y., Lynch, J. M., Sonnino, R. and Takahashi, T. 2018. Grand challenges in sustainable intensification and ecosystem services. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 2 (7), pp. 1-3. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2018.00007

Data to calculate emissions intensity for individual beef cattle reared on pasture-based production systems

McAuliffe, G. A., Takahashi, T., Orr, R. J., Harris, P. and Lee, M. R. F. 2018. Data to calculate emissions intensity for individual beef cattle reared on pasture-based production systems. Data in Brief. 17, pp. 570-574. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2018.01.075

Distributions of emissions intensity for individual beef cattle reared on pasture-based production systems

McAuliffe, G. A., Takahashi, T., Orr, R. J., Harris, P. and Lee, M. R. F. 2018. Distributions of emissions intensity for individual beef cattle reared on pasture-based production systems. Journal of Cleaner Production. 171, pp. 1672-1680. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.10.113

Environmental trade-offs of pig production systems under varied operational efficiencies

McAuliffe, G., Takahashi, T., Mogensen, L., Hermansen, J. E., Sage, C. L., Chapman, D. V. and Lee, M. R. F. 2017. Environmental trade-offs of pig production systems under varied operational efficiencies. Journal of Cleaner Production. 165 (1 November), pp. 1163-1173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.07.191

The North Wyke Farm Platform: effect of temperate grassland farming systems on soil moisture contents, runoff and associated water quality dynamics

Orr, R. J., Murray, P. J., Eyles, C. J., Blackwell, M. S. A., Cardenas, L. M., Collins, A. L., Dungait, J. A. J., Goulding, K. W. T., Griffith, B. A., Gurr, S. J., Harris, P., Hawkins, J. M. B., Misselbrook, T. H., Rawlings, C. J., Shepherd, A., Sint, H. M., Takahashi, T., Tozer, K. N., Whitmore, A. P., Wu, L. and Lee, M. R. F. 2016. The North Wyke Farm Platform: effect of temperate grassland farming systems on soil moisture contents, runoff and associated water quality dynamics. European Journal of Soil Science. 67 (4), pp. 374-385. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12350