Dr Rafael De Oliveira Silva
Lecturer
- University of Edinburgh, Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems
Contact details
- Tel: +44 (0)131 650 6095
- Email: Rafael.Silva@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and The Roslin Institute, Easter Bush Campus
- City
- Midlothian
- Post code
- EH25 9RG
Background
Rafael is an applied mathematician working as a Lecturer at the Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems. He holds a PhD in Optimization and Operations Research from the University of Edinburgh, and a Masters’ degree in applied mathematics from the University of Campinas, Brazil. His research focuses on the development of mathematical models for agriculture, food security and biodiversity conservation. He has focused on modelling the nexus of sustainable intensification-deforestation-livestock systems in Brazil.
Present and future research include modelling climate change adaption and social impacts of sustainable intensification pathways; the energy-livestock –deforestation nexus; optimizing global foot and mouth disease vaccine supply; and optimizing cryogenic conservation of livestock genetic resources.
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Evaluating environmental and economic trade-offs in cattle feed strategies using multiobjective optimization
In:
Agricultural systems, vol. 195
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103308
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Rationalizing ex situ collection of reproductive materials for endangered livestock breed conservation
In:
Ecological Economics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106916
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Fire, deforestation, and livestock: when the smoke clears
In:
Land Use Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104949
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
An improved algorithm for solving profit-maximizing cattle diet problems
In:
Animal
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1751731120001433
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
The nexus of beef cattle–deforestation and the sustainable intensification era in Brazil
(2 pages)
In:
Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, vol. 136, pp. 411-412
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jbg.12453
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial (Published) -
Optimising ex situ genetic resource collections for European livestock conservation
In:
Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jbg.12368
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Corrigendum to The role of agricultural intensification in Brazil's Nationally Determined Contribution on emissions mitigation. Agricultural Systems, Volume 161, 2018, Pages 102–112
(1 page)
In:
Agricultural systems, vol. 166
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2018.05.006
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Comment/debate (Published) -
The role of agricultural intensification in Brazil’s Nationally Determined Contribution on emissions mitigation
In:
Agricultural systems, vol. 161, pp. 102-112
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2018.01.003
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Sustainable intensification of Brazilian livestock production through optimized pasture restoration
(11 pages)
In:
Agricultural systems, vol. 153, pp. 201-211
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2017.02.001
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Increasing beef production could lower greenhouse gas emissions in Brazil if decoupled from deforestation
(5 pages)
In:
Nature Climate Change, vol. 6, pp. 493-497
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2916
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)