Dr Taro Takahashi
PhD(A.N.U.), MSc(Tokyo), BSc(Tokyo)
Current positions
Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Livestock Systems and Food Security
Bristol Veterinary School
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Research interests
Originally trained as a mathematical economist, Dr Taro Takahashi's 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. In addition to his role at Bristol Veterinary School, Dr Takahashi also works as a Research Scientist for Rothamsted Research located near Okehampton, Devon.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Sustainable nutrition, environment and agriculture without consumer knowledge
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Veterinary SchoolDates
01/10/2022 to 30/09/2025
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
Publications
Recent publications
01/04/2025Carbon footprints of greenhouse gas mitigation measures for a grass-based beef cattle finishing system in the UK
International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Conceptual framework to integrate food waste research and food systems research
Environmental Research: Food Systems
Potential unintended consequences of agricultural land use change driven by dietary transitions
npj Sustainable Agriculture
A simplified approach for producing Tier 2 enteric methane emission factors based on East African smallholder farm data
Animal Production Science
Farm-level emission intensities of smallholder cattle (Bos indicus; B. indicus–B. taurus crosses) production systems in highlands and semi-arid regions
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