This paper investigates the relationship between climate change, macroeconomic variables and indigenous livestock production in Nigeria over the period 1981-2023 using fractional integration and multivariate regression methods. More specifically, it examines how temperature and precipitation...

Traceability capability to track the history, location, and application of dairy products is crucial for ensuring food safety, quality, and transparency across supply chains. However, its development in emerging economies, particularly in Iran, remains limited due to infrastructural and...

In the face of increasing economic challenges and changing market conditions, farm resilience is becoming a key issue to ensure its development. The aim of this paper is to analyse the level of economic resilience of farms specialising in dairy farming in the ten largest dairy-producing...

The current Bangladeshi dairy sector faces many problems related to sustainability indicators from economic, social, and environmental perspectives. In this circumstance, they must combine cutting-edge innovation to overcome growing sustainability concerns and technical revolutions to become...

This study presents a supply chain model for optimizing milk collection routing in multi-depot networks. The problem consists of a fleet of vehicles that leaves their depots (i.e., typically the driver's houses), visits an assigned set of farms to collect the raw milk, and delivers it to the...

Purpose - motivated by the price spikes and booms in major commodities markets around the world, this study looks into the factors that affect the variance in returns from dairy futures contracts. The purpose of the study is to determine whether dairy commodity prices - especially in times of...

The present study introduces a sophisticated index of the susceptibility of the dairy sectors of various EU countries to external turbulence. The index, created using the technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution multi-criteria decision-analysis using monthly data from...

By processing and sales their products, farmers can enhance profits. However, marketing, especially pricing, is challenging. Profits arise from added value, and increasing this value in milk and dairy product sales can improve profitability. Previous studies could only determine added value at...

This paper explores the relationship between animal welfare and economic outcomes in agriculture, focusing on whether improvements in animal welfare translate into better farm performance. Specifically, it examines a composite animal welfare index integrating multiple animal-based indicators and...

Background: The global dairy market is experiencing a massive transition as dairy farming has recently undergone modernization. As a result, the dairy industry needs to improve its operational efficiencies by implementing effective optimization techniques. Conventional and emerging optimization...

The paper analyzes comparatively the level of economic efficiency in the production of cow, sheep and goat milk, for the year 2023. The methodology used is economic analysis, based on the calculation of technicaleconomic indicators and economic efficiency indicators. The results indicate that,...

The implementation of the EU legislation on food contact materials (FCM) requires the EU member states to conduct tests ensuring that the legal requirements of the FCM are met. These tests are performed by laboratories designated for official controls. In line with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 on...

Strategies for sustainable intensification of livestock are becoming increasingly important in designing interventions to develop the sector. In dairying systems, herd health management is among such strategies. While adoption patterns and productivity gains have been analyzed in previous...

The implementation of the EU legislation on food contact materials (FCM) requires the EU Member States to be able to conduct testing to ensure compliance with legal requirements. These tests are performed by laboratories designated for official controls In 2023, the EURL-FCM organised a PT round...

Concentration on elite breeding lines has endangered a number of traditional dairy breeds. Although several of those breeds are known for superior functional traits such as robustness, they are increasingly replaced by Holstein cows. A discrete choice experiment with 159 breeders revealed the...

Modern agriculture faces the challenge of supplying a growing world population with high-quality products while minimizing negative environmental and social impacts of its production and ensuring economic viability. Innovation is often considered key to achieving these goals, but its...

We seek to understand the welfare of dairy cattle in Denmark from 1750 to 1900, a period marked by significant agricultural development and industrialization. By applying contemporary animal welfare metrics to historical data, we uncover a detailed picture of how bovine welfare evolved. Our...

Market power in economic theory is defined as deviations from marginal cost pricing, which results in unfair competition and welfare losses. In complex agri-food supply chains, the exercise of market power is a significant contributor to welfare losses, as multiple actors throughout the chain...

After the milk quota removal in 2015, the Irish dairy industry has expanded dramatically. Various economic, social and environmental considerations are part of farmer's choice to invest and to expand. This study evaluates selected factors contributing to recent dairy farmer's investment...