Diversified farming systems are proposed as a major mechanism to address the many
sustainability issues of today's agriculture. Multi-species livestock farming, ie keeping two or …

This article examines the variations in mean technical efficiency estimates in organic
agriculture and the factors that explain the observed variations. A three-stage process was …

Organic dairy sheep farms have been analyzed by multivariate analysis to identify and
characterize typological groups in organic dairy sheep systems; with the aim of evaluating …

In view of the foremost concern about the generational renewal in livestock farming, the
identification of both the drivers that determine the process of incorporating young farmers …

In this study the level of technical efficiency of 58 Chios sheep farms is estimated with the
implementation of Data Envelopment Analysis. This level of technical efficiency is used as a …

Simple Summary As payment systems currently do not reflect the quality of raw milk
intended for cheesemaking, the industry demands tools to estimate an economical value of …

Castilla La Mancha is a Spanish region where sheep farming system is traditionally pasture-
based. Recently, this territory has undergone a recession of dairy sheep activity, which …

The aim of the study was deepening the knowledge of livestock innovations knowledge on
small-scale farms in developing countries. First, we developed a methodology focused on …

The climatic and economic context of agricultural production is increasingly unpredictable
and volatile. These issues raise questions about the vulnerability of agricultural systems, ie …

CONTEXT The socio-economic decline of extensive sheep farming caused by its low
profitability in southern European Union (EU) regions threatens marginal depopulated rural …