Abstract
Taking into consideration the population growth, farmers are challenged to produce enough to feed the population. To increase productivity, normally small dairy farmers intensify their production systems by increasing livestock density and inputs, but inadequate management results in economic, technical, and environmental inefficiencies. This work aims to support decision making by farmers and technicians, and to provide information that can aid local governments to establish policies that are effective at improving farmers’ livelihoods. To achieve this, and intensive field work was implemented in Marcos Castellanos, Michoacán, Mexico, to gather the information needed to analyze the dairy farming systems of the region. The exploration analysis showed that simple re-arrangement of existing farm resources may considerably improve current dairy farm performance across family-based on semi-specialized farm types. To actually implement these changes requires breaking away from current mainstream thinking about farming methods and considerable farming skills.
| Original language | English |
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| Qualification | Doctor of Philosophy |
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| Award date | 6 Jul 2016 |
| Place of Publication | Wageningen |
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| Print ISBNs | 9789462577473 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
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Keywords
- dairy farming systems
- dairy farming
- innovations
- small farms
- family farms
- mexico
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Exploring opportunities for on-farm innovations in smallholder dairy systems of Michoacán, Mexico. / Cortez Arriola, J.
Wageningen : Wageningen University, 2016. 162 p.Research output: Thesis › internal PhD, WU
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N1 - WU thesis 6412
PY - 2016
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N2 - Taking into consideration the population growth, farmers are challenged to produce enough to feed the population. To increase productivity, normally small dairy farmers intensify their production systems by increasing livestock density and inputs, but inadequate management results in economic, technical, and environmental inefficiencies. This work aims to support decision making by farmers and technicians, and to provide information that can aid local governments to establish policies that are effective at improving farmers’ livelihoods. To achieve this, and intensive field work was implemented in Marcos Castellanos, Michoacán, Mexico, to gather the information needed to analyze the dairy farming systems of the region. The exploration analysis showed that simple re-arrangement of existing farm resources may considerably improve current dairy farm performance across family-based on semi-specialized farm types. To actually implement these changes requires breaking away from current mainstream thinking about farming methods and considerable farming skills.
AB - Taking into consideration the population growth, farmers are challenged to produce enough to feed the population. To increase productivity, normally small dairy farmers intensify their production systems by increasing livestock density and inputs, but inadequate management results in economic, technical, and environmental inefficiencies. This work aims to support decision making by farmers and technicians, and to provide information that can aid local governments to establish policies that are effective at improving farmers’ livelihoods. To achieve this, and intensive field work was implemented in Marcos Castellanos, Michoacán, Mexico, to gather the information needed to analyze the dairy farming systems of the region. The exploration analysis showed that simple re-arrangement of existing farm resources may considerably improve current dairy farm performance across family-based on semi-specialized farm types. To actually implement these changes requires breaking away from current mainstream thinking about farming methods and considerable farming skills.
KW - dairy farming systems
KW - dairy farming
KW - innovations
KW - small farms
KW - family farms
KW - mexico
KW - melkveehouderijsystemen
KW - melkveehouderij
KW - innovaties
KW - kleine landbouwbedrijven
KW - familiebedrijven, landbouw
KW - mexico
U2 - 10.18174/374928
DO - 10.18174/374928
M3 - internal PhD, WU
SN - 9789462577473
PB - Wageningen University
CY - Wageningen
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