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Potential for Sustainable Mountain Farming: Challenges and Prospects for Sustainable Smallholder Farming in the Maloti–Drakensberg Mountains

open access: yesMountain Research and Development, 2020
Achieving sustainable food security is a critical goal for smallholder farmers in mountainous regions around the world. In the 40,000 km2 Maloti–Drakensberg mountains (South Africa and Lesotho), one of the important mountain ranges of southern Africa ...
Dolapo Bola Adelabu   +2 more
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Topics and trends in Mountain Livestock Farming research: a text mining approach

open access: yesAnimal, 2021
Pasture-based and small-scale livestock farming systems are the main source of livelihood in the mountain primary sector, ensuring socioeconomic sustainability and biodiversity in rural communities throughout Europe and beyond. Mountain livestock farming
A. Zuliani   +11 more
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Transmitting and Transforming (Agri)-Cultural Values of Mountain Farming: Farm-Based Educational Services in South Tyrol

open access: yesMountain Research and Development, 2019
Social farming helps mountain farms to deal with current socioeconomic challenges that threaten the cultural identity and traditions of mountain areas.
Verena Gramm   +2 more
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Social farming in high mountain regions: The case of the Aosta Valley in Italy

open access: yesEconomia Agro-Alimentare, 2022
This paper investigates and analyses social farming in the Aosta Valley, a tiny Italian mountain region in the Alps. It aims to highlight the features of social farming in this region, focusing on the social mission and economic sustainability. The paper
Erika Fazari, Dario Musolino
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New Players on a Tough Field

open access: yesEuropean Countryside, 2022
The pivotal aim of this research is to identify new entrants to mountain farming, their routes into practicing and resulting environmental impacts. Following an actor-network approach, this multi-regional case study was conducted in two remote regions of
Konzett Savina, Grüner Bernhard
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A Future for Mountain Terraces: Experiences from Mediterranean Wineries

open access: yesMountain Research and Development, 2022
Agriculture in mountain areas is typically practiced on terraces. This form of farming is facing significant challenges across the globe related to high production costs, land abandonment, and rural depopulation.
Christos Zoumides   +3 more
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Case study of the market situation of calves from Alpine dairy farms and the effect of dams’ grazing during the last three months of gestation on auction parameters

open access: yesItalian Journal of Animal Science, 2023
The main aim of the study was to assess the recent evolution of cattle breeding in Alpine areas based on the number, quality and price of calves sold at local auctions in the South Tyrol region over the last decade, as case study. In addition, the effect
Thomas Zanon   +4 more
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Social agriculture is a strategy to prevent the phenomenon of abandonment in mountain areas and areas at risk of desertification

open access: yesJournal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2022
Mountain agriculture is characterized by several greater difficulties than lowland agriculture. In recent times, the globalization of markets has led to the marginalization of many farms. Against this backdrop, this paper has analyzed two models of value
Filippo Sgroi
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Animal Welfare and Mountain Products from Traditional Dairy Farms: How Do Consumers Perceive Complexity?

open access: yesAnimals, 2018
This qualitative study aims to investigate consumers’ perceptions toward dairy cow welfare in traditional mountain farms. While consumers’ understanding of conventional dairy production and animal welfare has already been investigated, how ...
Anna Zuliani   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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