Small ruminants are important assets in several regions of the world. They account for more...

There is increased interest in greater localization of food supply chains but little evidence about...

Simulation models are effective tools to examine interactions between livestock, cropping systems, households, and natural...

Mixed farming systems constitute a large proportion of agricultural production in the tropics, and provide...

Milpa cultivation involving cutting an area of forest, burning, and planting crops has existed in...

Generic advertising of fluid milk and cheese represents the principal promotional activity undertaken with the...

Livestock keeping is critical for many of the poor in the developing world, often contributing...

This study uses heteroskedastic Tobit and Censored Least Absolute Deviations models to examine the impacts...

In this paper, we develop a perfectly competitive spatial equilibrium model in price and quantity...

We developed a deterministic, multi-period linear programming (LP) model of the dual-purpose (milk-beef) cattle production...

We investigate natural resource-based poverty traps using a simulation model of smallholder farms in highland...

Mixed farming systems are defined by Sere and Steinfeld (1996) as those in which more...

Federal, state and local governments have funded various efforts to support value-added agriculture, often implicitly...

An agribusiness focus has emerged in public discussions as way to enhance agricultural production in...

This study examines the hypothesis that dairy cow ownership improves child nutritional status. Using household...

The US dairy industry is shaped by a patchwork of regulations accumulated over a long...

Policy makers and extension planners often assume smallholder mixed farming systems are incapable of evolving...

Rapid predicted worldwide growth in demand for animal products to 2020—the so-called “next food revolution”...

Cattle production on Brachiaria pastures is a primary use of cleared forestland in the western...

World trade in dairy products is being transformed by trade policy liberalization and technological change...

Excessive phosphorus loading has been identified as the primary cause of decreasing water quality in...

During the first year of the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact, milk production in the six...

In many parts of the developing world, the availability of sufficient food—food supplying sufficient daily...

Many developing countries implement programs and policies to increase or maintain soil fertility, with the...

Acceleration of economic, technological, social, and environmental change challenge decision-makers of various kinds to learn...

Several domestic and international developments increased interest among the US dairy industry in world markets...

Some small-holders are able to generate reliable and substantial income flows through small-scale dairy production...

It is argued that dairying is vital to future viability of many small farms in...