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  1. 21. Time budgets of dairy cows in cow-calf contact system with automatic milking

    Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

    Författare :Teresa Johansson; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Dairy cows; Time budget; AMS; Cow-calf contact;

    Sammanfattning : Time budgets of dairy cattle are useful to determine the amount of time the cows can allocate to all the behaviours throughout the day. In an automatic milking system (AMS), time budgets are of interest as the individuals are able to choose how to spend the majority of their time, besides the time in the milking robot, and can be used to ensure adequate amounts of time are spent on essential behaviours, such as lying and eating. LÄS MER

  3. 22. Sustainable Cattle Production in Brazil - The Agricultural Innovation System of Integrated Livestock Systems in Mato Grosso State

    Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Författare :Mads Stub Pullich; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Agricultural Innovation System; Deforestation; Sustainable Agriculture; Integrated Livestock Systems; Brazil; Mato Grosso; Business and Economics;

    Sammanfattning : The precarious state of affairs in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, particularly in Mato Grosso, where unsustainable cattle ranching is driving the deforestation. Brazil needs to invest in sustainable development of its cattle production. LÄS MER

  4. 23. Determinants of Technical efficiency of Swedish Beef Farms : a Stochastic Frontier Analysis

    Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Författare :Ulrika Aschan; [2021]
    Nyckelord :stochastic frontier analysis; technical efficiency; swedish beef farming; FADN;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis presents an estimation of the farm level technical efficiency of Swedish farmers specialized in beef cattle production. The aim is to estimate a score between 0 and 1 which illustrates how efficient the Swedish beef farmers are given the technical assets available. LÄS MER

  5. 24. Farmers' willingness to adopt silvopasture practices : investigating compensation claims using a contingent valuation approach among Swedish cattle producers

    Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Författare :Harold Opdenbosch; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Silvopasture practices; willingness to adopt; compensation claims; contingent valutation method; survey; theory of planned behaviour; Heckman two-step model; factor analysis; cattle production; Sweden;

    Sammanfattning : To mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss from cattle production in Sweden, it is particularly crucial to incentivize cattle producers to adopt silvopasture practices. To investigate cattle producers’ willingness to adopt silvopasture practices and the related compensation claims, a contingent valuation survey was conducted among cattle producers in Sweden. LÄS MER

  7. 25. Konsumenters inställning till ett slopat beteskrav : en enkätstudie

    Kandidat-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Författare :Gulli Gustafsson; [2021]
    Nyckelord :pasture; dairy cow; welfare; outdoor access; consumer attitudes;

    Sammanfattning : There are three primary behaviours that cattle spend most of their time with; ruminating, resting and grazing. According to the Swedish animal welfare legislation, animals must be kept and cared for in a good environment. The legislation requires cattle to go on pasture, except calves and bulls. LÄS MER