Dr Taro Takahashi
PhD, MSc, BSc
Current positions
Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Bristol Veterinary School
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Research interests
Dr Taro Takahashi is a Principal Scientist and Head of Grazing Systems at Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute. Originally trained as a mathematical economist, his research interests include bioeconomic modelling and life cycle assessment (LCA) of livestock production systems as well as progamme evaluation and general equilibrium modelling of pasture and livestock-based economies. He was a Senior Lecturer at Bristol Veterinary School between 2016-2025.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Multi-camera machine vision of a whole cattle herd for assessing the impact of interventions for environmental sustainability
Principal Investigator
Role
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Veterinary SchoolDates
01/08/2025 to 14/09/2029
Interventions to reduce enteric methane emissions in early life of cattle
Principal Investigator
Role
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Veterinary SchoolDates
01/08/2023 to 17/09/2027
Sustainable nutrition, environment and agriculture without consumer knowledge
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Veterinary SchoolDates
01/10/2022 to 30/09/2025
Environmental and animal welfare impacts of different dairy production systems: a holistic approach
Principal Investigator
Role
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Veterinary SchoolDates
01/08/2022 to 15/12/2026
Ecologically engineering a sustainable sugar beet landscape matrix informed by molecular tools, satellite imagery and bioeconomics
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Veterinary SchoolDates
01/05/2022 to 30/04/2023
Thesis supervisions
The Value of Information
Supervisors
Reducing uncertainty in life cycle assessment of livestock production systems
Supervisors
Quantifying the true costs of farming systems
Supervisors
The range of pH in UK lamb and the influencing pre- and post-mortem factors
Supervisors
Understanding Food Waste: A Systems Approach to Evidence, Uncertainty, and Action
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
01/06/2026Barriers and opportunities to smallholder goat enterprise in Botswana
Food Security
Targeted supplementation with bioactive plants sustainably improves goat health and decreases antiparasitic drug use on smallholder farms
Scientific Reports
Carbon footprints of greenhouse gas mitigation measures for a grass-based beef cattle finishing system in the UK
International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Dish swap across a weekly menu can deliver health and sustainability gains
Nature Food
Strategic menu optimization could reduce carbon emissions and saturated fat consumption
Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences
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