Dairy small ruminants account for approximately 21% of all sheep and goats in the world,
produce around 3.5% of the world's milk, and are mainly located in subtropical-temperate …

Simple Summary New technologies have been recognized as valuable in controlling,
monitoring, and managing farm animal activities. It makes it possible to deepen the …

The aim of this review is to show the evolution of the dairy goat sector in Europe from all
perspectives. Starting from the current situation, the challenges and future potential of this …

Abstract Most sub-Saharan Africa smallholder farming systems are highly heterogeneous.
Direct quantification of greenhouse gas emissions from these farming systems is hampered …

European sheep and goat farming faces diverse challenges at global or local scales and
constitutes an important sector for many countries, playing important sociocultural, economic …

A large-scale survey was conducted on 173 dairy goat farms in Northern Italy to provide an
updated view on farm management practices and to investigate relations among …

The perception of risks due to climate change by farmers and the measures they take to
address those risks are of paramount importance in policy-making if the implementations of …

Goat farming is an important production sector not only for Greece, but also for other
Mediterranean countries, as it contributes to the family economy in rural areas. Despite the …

Although numbers are still low compared to cattle rearing, intensive dairy goat farms have
been widely spreading in the Italian livestock systems. Since goats are quite rustic, they can …

Dairy goat production systems in developed countries are experiencing an intensification
process in terms of higher farm size, electronic identification, reproductive intensification …