From Naturalness to Environmental Control: Influences of Transitioning Production Systems on Dairy Farmers’ Perceptions of Cow Welfare DOI Creative Commons
Letícia Bicudo Nogueira, María José Hötzel

Animals, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(21), P. 3063 - 3063

Published: Oct. 24, 2024

We conducted semi structured in-person interviews with 36 dairy farmers in a producing region southern Brazil undergoing intensification. Thematic analysis revealed that farmers' perceptions of cow welfare were closely tied to their production environment. Farmers pasture-based systems emphasized the importance outdoor access and grazing, associating these cows' intrinsic needs longevity. Conversely, operating confined systems, or those positive attitudes towards transitioning confinement, linked practices aim at minimizing environmental stressors, enhancing comfort, boosting productivity. Despite differing views, empathetic concerns cows evident both groups influenced decisions such as improving farm infrastructure using anesthetics invasive procedures. However, transition was associated more instrumental view animals, seen abandonment naming greater focus on productive performance. All things considered, this study suggests working structures may influence animal care, indicating likely depends not only but also global local policies shape agricultural through incentives constraints.

Language: Английский

DESTiny, an online farm-wide tool to estimate the net carbon emissions of a pasture-based dairy farms in South Africa DOI Creative Commons
Robert Reinecke, James Blignaut, HH Meissner

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Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 9

Published: Jan. 27, 2025

The dairy farming industry is an important contributor to both South Africa’s economy and food security. However, in Africa, like elsewhere the world, has come under scrutiny because of animal welfare concerns contributions greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To address GHG mitigation, we have constructed a farm-level system dynamics model assess emissions, capture storage carbon (C) on farms, determine whether farms are net emitters C (i.e., sources) or sequestrators sinks). We considered nutrient flows, type volume feed, effluent management system, various parameters relating herd dynamics, overall effect farm economy. resulting online Dairy Environment Sustainability Tool (DESTiny) can help farmers adopt sustainable practices, as well improve competitiveness financial sustainability while reducing farm’s emissions profile, thereby building value-chain consumer trust. DESTiny be science-informed evidence-based tool for estimating, monitoring understanding flows production systems. It also web-based (see https://assetresearch.org.za/destiny-tool/ ) with user-interface which allows remote users, researchers, practitioners, technicians ease access integrating models on-farm realities.

Language: Английский

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Cross-cultural consumer valuation of precision fermentation milk: Effects of information, individual traits, and labelling preferences DOI Creative Commons
Marija Banović, Daniele Asioli, Giovanni Sogari

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Food Quality and Preference, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 131, P. 105570 - 105570

Published: May 5, 2025

Language: Английский

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A Systematic Literature Review of the Economic Sustainability of Farm Enterprises and a Future Research Agenda DOI
Earl Smith, Michael T. Hayden

Accounting Finance & Governance Review/Accounting finance & governance review, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 34

Published: May 20, 2025

Sustainability is an issue of global concern, especially in agriculture where balancing food production for a growing population with environmental impact vital. This systematic literature review focuses on the economic pillar sustainability farm enterprises. Gaps this area research are revealed, including lack attention has received business and accounting journals, dearth qualitative studies topic, absence insights into financial policy changes A future agenda to contribute developing provided.

Language: Английский

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Exploring the CAP Eco-Scheme for Dutch Dairy Farmers: Are Grant Recipients More Sustainable? DOI Open Access

Jooske de Sonnaville,

Renske Stans,

Maayke Damen

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Sustainability, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(11), P. 5166 - 5166

Published: June 4, 2025

The European Union’s latest common agricultural policy (CAP) aims to minimise the negative consequences of agriculture on environment and climate. This ambition has been translated into introduction eco-schemes, which stimulates farmers transition sustainable agriculture. paper answers three questions regarding operation eco-scheme for livestock farming in Netherlands. First, who are recipients grants? Second, how have EU grants developed over time these recipients? Third, do farm more sustainably? To answer questions, we conducted an empirical analysis based administrative microeconomic data, included indicators measure practices. Our results show that most Dutch dairy larger farms receive relatively grant funding per hectare. marked a shift toward less income support encourage triggered significant downturn financial situation many farmers. Dairy score higher sustainability average benefit from eco-scheme, although there is also substantial share benefited financially but low sustainability. These insights contribute further improvement EU’s policies successful

Language: Английский

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From Naturalness to Environmental Control: Influences of Transitioning Production Systems on Dairy Farmers’ Perceptions of Cow Welfare DOI Creative Commons
Letícia Bicudo Nogueira, María José Hötzel

Animals, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(21), P. 3063 - 3063

Published: Oct. 24, 2024

We conducted semi structured in-person interviews with 36 dairy farmers in a producing region southern Brazil undergoing intensification. Thematic analysis revealed that farmers' perceptions of cow welfare were closely tied to their production environment. Farmers pasture-based systems emphasized the importance outdoor access and grazing, associating these cows' intrinsic needs longevity. Conversely, operating confined systems, or those positive attitudes towards transitioning confinement, linked practices aim at minimizing environmental stressors, enhancing comfort, boosting productivity. Despite differing views, empathetic concerns cows evident both groups influenced decisions such as improving farm infrastructure using anesthetics invasive procedures. However, transition was associated more instrumental view animals, seen abandonment naming greater focus on productive performance. All things considered, this study suggests working structures may influence animal care, indicating likely depends not only but also global local policies shape agricultural through incentives constraints.

Language: Английский

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