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Potential for Sustainable Mountain Farming: Challenges and Prospects for Sustainable Smallholder Farming in the Maloti–Drakensberg Mountains [PDF]
Mountain 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 ...
Vincent Ralph Clark +2 more
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Resilience in Mountain Farming in Norway [PDF]
Sustainability, 2019 The concept of socio-ecological farm resilience is used to understand how farmers manoeuvre in a context of change, what choices and priorities they make, and how that subsequently influences the development of the farming landscape. The author uses farm resilience, the capabilities of buffering, adaptation and transformation, and the response of ...
Karoline Daugstad
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Social farming in high mountain regions: The case of the Aosta Valley in Italy
Economia 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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European 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
Mountain 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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Italian 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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Journal 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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Animals, 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
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Agriculture, 2021 Mountain farming communities in Pakistan are exhibiting an increased rate of rural-to-urban migration and a rapid growth in the non-farm sector, which has threatened the sustenance of agricultural activity.
Muhammad Abid Shahzad +2 more
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Tradition and innovative in the protection of the natural environment of mountain regions [PDF]
Acta Scientiarum Polonorum. Formatio Circumiectus, 2023 Aim of the study: Pastoral management in Europe is an important element in protecting biodiversity and the landscape. Shepherding stimulates the development of the market of traditional and regional products, handicrafts and services.
Edyta Molik +7 more
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