PLoS ONE, 2022 The initial movement of herders and livestock into the eastern steppe is of great interest, as this region has long been home to pastoralist groups. Due to a paucity of faunal remains, however, it has been difficult to discern the timing of the adoption ...
Alicia R. Ventresca Miller +12 more
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Cows in the city: How consumer demands sustain urban dairying in the IT capital of India
Urban Agriculture & Regional Food SystemsSpurred by rising incomes and urbanization, the “nutrition transition” in India has led to many dietary changes, including an increase in per capita milk consumption, which has quadrupled since 1970.
Neda Yousefian +4 more
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The importance of accounting for unobserved heterogeneity, state-dependence and differences in residual variances across groups: An application to Irish Farmers land market participation decisions [PDF]
, 2010 working paperLand is an essential input into agricultural production. A grwoing literature is concerned with the factors influencing farmers’ land market participation decisions in developing countries, with developed countries largely ignored. Current
Hanrahan, Kevin, O'Neill, Stephen
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Scientific Papers Animal Science and Biotechnologies, 2023 To achieve optimal profitability in dairy production the type of cow farmed must be suitable for the production system operated. Matching the right type of dairy cow to the dairying will become more important in the future as dairying systems became more
Constantin Gavan +3 more
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Improvement of dairy production to satisfy the growing consumer demand in sub-Saharan Africa. A conceptual framework for research [PDF]
, 2011 This document is based on the deliberations and outputs of two ILCA in-house workshops held in 1992, and of numerous individual contributions by ILCA scientists.
Agyemang, K. +6 more
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Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2016 Government of India (GoI) efforts in making Clean Milk Production (CMP) as a practice of socio-economic importance, still needs to be emphasized by highlighting the field level realities, and study the perception of multi- stakeholders, viz.
PRAKASHKUMAR RATHOD, MAHESH CHANDER
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ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF FARMER PARTICIPATION IN THE DAIRY TERMINATION PROGRAM IN NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA [PDF]
Farm-level data are used to estimate equations explaining the probability of bidding and the level of the bid for the 1986 Dairy Termination Program. Participation was attractive to older farmers, to those who were not planning to transfer the farm to a ...
Gale, H. Frederick, Jr.
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Intensification of smallholder livestock production, is it sustainable? [PDF]
This paper discusses sustainability perspectives of intensification of different types of smallholder livestock production. A main sustainability issue of intensification is its contribution to household incomes.
Steenstra, F.A., Udo, H.M.J.
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EXPORT POTENTIAL OF INDIA IN LIVESTOCK SECTOR: STRATEGY, PROSPECTS AND POLICY ISSUES [PDF]
Despite constraints like rearing of livestock under sub optimal conditions due to low economic status of livestock owners, India has now become the largest producer of milk in the world.
Shah, Deepak
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Dairying in the Waikato Region of New Zealand: An overview of historical statistics [PDF]
, 2008 The dairy industry is an important contributor to the economy of the Waikato region of New Zealand. An understanding of the history and development of the dairy sector in the different districts of the Waikato region is important in terms of informing ...
Bell, Kendon, Cameron, Michael Patrick
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