Essays about: "dairy farming"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 82 essays containing the words dairy farming.
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1. Dairy To Be Great : Enhancing Dairy Farming Practices and Designing an Information Dashboard for Animal Health and Reproduction Data
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskapAbstract : This thesis presents a comprehensive research study aimed at designing an information dashboard to address the specific information needs of dairy farmers in relation to animal health and reproduction data. The research focused on answering two key research questions: (1) How can we determine which factors are most relevant in terms of farms productivity and wellbeing of its animals? and (2) How can we visualize the data and farms history in a meaningful way so that the owner can make sense of it and therefore make better decisions for future planning?To answer these questions, extensive user research was conducted within the dairy farming community, involving interviews, literature review and surveys. READ MORE
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2. Mandating transparency on deforestation and ecosystem conversion
University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutetAbstract : The production of eggs, meat, and dairy products in the EU indirectly contributes to deforestation and ecosystem conversion (DEC) in Latin America due to extensive imports of soy for animal feed. This thesis explores under which preconditions the mandatory European Sustainability Reporting Standards for the agriculture and farming sector can increase transparency in the opaque soy supply chains and incentivize reductions of imported DEC. READ MORE
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3. Mot ett mer hållbart lantbruk : En kartläggning av hur livsmedelsaktörer arbetar med miljömässig hållbarhet på gårdsnivå.
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EconomicsAbstract : Förhöjda havsnivåer, extremväder, översvämningar och skogsbränder är några av de konsekvenser som hotar vår planet på grund av klimatförändringarna. Denna oroande utveckling har lett till en ökad uppmärksamhet kring hållbar utveckling, inte bara i Sverige utan även globalt. READ MORE
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4. Telling a different story: Farming resilience in hay-milk farms in Salzburg province
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience CentreAbstract : Foregrounding relations and processes in resilience thinking has the potential to enable more holistic analyses and account for complexity, which could lead to more resilient actions, interventions, or ways of being. The concept of farming resilience builds on a process-relational understanding of resilience and thus offers a move away from more substance-based understandings of resilience as outcome. READ MORE
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5. Mjölkkarusellen : hur Holistiskt Planerad Betesdrift kan öka hållbarheten i en sinande värld
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical SciencesAbstract : The problems raised due to rapid climate change are complex challenges with various underlying concerns. One of these concerns is the momentary solutions adapted in intensive factory farming, which have led to losses in nature’s finite resources. READ MORE