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Collaboration between mountain and lowland farms decreases environmental impacts of dairy production: The case of Swiss contract rearing

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2016
Mountain farming areas are associated with high nature value and offer attractive landscapes, but farming in these areas is less viable than farming in more favorable regions. Consequently, there is a threat of land abandonment.
Silvia Martha Roberta Raimunda Marton   +5 more
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The Mountain Farms in the Upper Savinja Valley after 1967

open access: yesActa Geographica Slovenica, 1979
The treatise deals with the situation of mountain farms in the period after they had been connected by the roads. Roads enable the mountain farms first of all to become increasingly changed from the autarchic farming to the modern market-oriented ...
Drago Meze
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A Conception of Developmental Typology of Mountain Farms: A Case Study of the Municipality Ribnica na Pohorju

open access: yesActa Geographica Slovenica, 2004
In this paper, a conception of developmental types of mountain farms in the municipality Ribnica na Pohorju is presented regarding the state of developmental potentials on farms.
Boštjan Kerbler
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Coffee Berry Borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): Activity and Infestation in the High Mountain and Blue Mountain Regions of Jamaica

open access: yesInsects, 2023
Jamaica produces coffee marketed as Blue Mountain and high mountain (grown outside the Blue Mountains). Since the discovery of the coffee berry borer (CBB; Hypothenemus hampei) in Jamaica in 1978, chemical control has traditionally been the primary ...
Ameka Myrie   +5 more
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Mountain farms between the Kokra and the Draga valleys

open access: yesActa Geographica Slovenica, 1983
The author has already investigated the farms in the Kokra valley and in the Krvavec promontory, within the framework of the study "Investigation of the Mountain Farms in Slovenia". With the present study is thus given a picture of the mountain farms on
Drago Meze
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The Mountain Farms in the Kokra Valley and in the Krvavec Promontory

open access: yesActa Geographica Slovenica, 1981
The study is a part of the research work »Development of the mountain farms in Slovenia«, managed by the Geographical Institute Anton Melik at the Slovene Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Drago Meze
doaj   +1 more source

Do Dairy Farming Systems Differ in Antimicrobial Use?

open access: yesAnimals, 2019
The quantitative assessment of antimicrobial use (AMU) in food-producing animals contributes to the provision of essential information for developing relevant and effective policies to reduce use and to control antimicrobial resistance.
Anna Zuliani   +7 more
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Family Dairy Farms in the Northern French Alps: Persistence and Adaptation in a Changing World

open access: yesMountain Research and Development, 2015
The maintenance of family farms in mountain areas constitutes a serious challenge in the context of globalization. European mountain agriculture faces significant natural constraints and cannot follow the same development path as agriculture in the ...
Sophie Madelrieux   +3 more
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Mountain Farms in the Polhov Gradec Mountains, Its Near Surrounding Countryside and in Neighbouring Rovte

open access: yesActa Geographica Slovenica, 1985
Following the established method based on »Basic Guide-lines for the Geographical Research of the Mountain Farms in Slovenia« the author examined 233 farms in the central Polhov Gradec Mountains, 104 on the right side of the river Poljanščica (i.e ...
Drago Meze
doaj   +1 more source

The role and importance of owners’ perceptions and opinions in preserving continuity between generations on slovenian mountain farms

open access: yesActa Geographica Slovenica, 2010
Family farms are characterized by the fact that they are passed down within the family from one generation to the next. In this way, the orientation of parents and especially farm owners is also passed on to children.
Boštjan Kerbler
doaj   +1 more source

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