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The Impact of Climate Change on the Economics of Dairy Farming – a Review and Evaluation
Martinsohn, Maria; Hansen, Heiko - In: Journal of International Agricultural Trade and Development 61 (2012) 2
Beachtung gefunden. Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht den derzeitigen Stand der Forschung im Bereich der Milchviehhaltung … Klimawandels für die Milchviehhaltung diskutiert. Des Weiteren werden verschiedene Herausforderungen und methodische Ansätze der … den ökonomischen Auswirkungen auf die Milchviehhaltung beschäftigt, anhand einer Reihe von Bewertungskriterien. Der …
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An experimental approach to assessment of trading and allocation mechanisms for nutrient trading
Marsh, Dan; Tucker, Steve; Doole, Graeme - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2014
Regional councils throughout New Zealand are in the process of drawing up plans to enable them to meet the requirements of the Resource Management Act and the National Policy Statement on freshwater. Some councils are working on targets for nutrient leaching at the catchment level and are...
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Environmental input-output analysis of the New Zealand dairy industry
Flemmer, Claire - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 15 (2012) 4, pp. 313-333
This work presents data and analysis quantifying the total (direct and indirect) resource use and outputs (products and pollutants) of the New Zealand dairy industry for the year April 1997 to March 1998. It also identifies those sectors supplying the dairy industry which make significant...
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Water footprinting – A comparison of methods using New Zealand dairy farming as a case study
Zonderland-Thomassen, M.A.; Ledgard, S.F. - In: Agricultural Systems 110 (2012) C, pp. 30-40
A case study is presented to (1) assess the water footprint of New Zealand (NZ) dairy farming in two contrasting regions of Waikato (North Island, non-irrigated moderate rainfall) and Canterbury (South Island, irrigated low rainfall), (2) illustrate differences in water footprint methods and (3)...
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Improving technology uptake for whole-crop cereal silage production
Stevens, David R.; Casey, M.J.; Brown, C.D.; Platfoot, G.J. - In: AFBM Journal 02 (2005) 2
Rapid dairy industry expansion in the South Island of New Zealand during the 1990’s increased demand for agistment and supplementary feed. Consultants and retailers recognised the ability of whole-crop cereal silage to provide the extra feed required. The local arable industry had...
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Immigration Policies: Competing for Skills
Ochel, Wolfgang - In: CESifo Forum 1 (2000) 4, pp. 27-33
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Entspricht die Schweizer Milchproduktion bei erhöhtem Kraftfuttereinsatz noch den Erwartungen der Bevölkerung?
Mack, Gabriele; Rossier, Ruth - Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften … - 2009
Milchviehhaltung) wird eine Verknüpfung normativer und empirischer Ergebnisse dargestellt und ein Index für die Übereinstimmung einer … für die Milchviehhaltung den Erwartungen der Schweizer Bevölkerung sowie ausgewählter Bevölkerungsgruppen … Kraftfuttereinsatz in der Milch-viehhaltung führen, entsprechen aus Gründen der Ökologie und der Versorgungssicherheit nicht den …
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Potential impact of ash eruptions on dairy farms from a study of the effects on a farm in eastern Bay of Plenty, New Zealand; implications for hazard mitigation
Wilson, Thomas; Cole, James - In: Natural Hazards 43 (2007) 1, pp. 103-128
This paper investigates the impact ash fall would have on dairy farming, based on a study of ‘Tulachard’, a dairy farming operation at Rerewhakaaitu, North Island, New Zealand. It includes analysis of the potential effects on the dairy shed and milking machine, electrical supply and...
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Farm Parents’ Views on their Children’s Labor on Family Farms: A Focus Group Study of Wisconsin Dairy Farmers
Zepeda, Lydia; Kim, Jongsoog - In: Agriculture and Human Values 23 (2006) 1, pp. 109-121
This study examines parents’ perspectives on their children working on their family dairy farms in Wisconsin. The objective of this focus group study is (1) to gain insights on why children work on their family farms, (2) to identify those benefits that parents perceive that they and their...
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Learning in context through conflict and alignment: Farmers and scientists in search of sustainable agriculture
Eshuis, Jasper; Stuiver, Marian - In: Agriculture and Human Values 22 (2005) 2, pp. 137-148
This article analyzes learning in context through the prism of a sustainable dairy-farming project. The research was performed within a nutrient management project that involved the participation of farmers and scientists. Differences between heterogeneous forms of farmers’ knowledge and...
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