Dairy R&D in SA

Discipline: development; Key words: entrepreneurship, dairy cattle, food security, indigenous knowledge systems.

The authors referenced below did a case study in the local municipality areas of Matatiele and Groblersdal to explore and identify the drivers of dairy smallholder farmer decisions. They found the following as determining factors:

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  dairy farming is dominated by male farmers who were over 60 years old;

  
  

Discipline: development; Key words: entrepreneurship, dairy cattle, food security, indigenous knowledge systems.

The authors referenced below did a case study in the local municipality areas of Matatiele and Groblersdal to explore and identify the drivers of dairy smallholder farmer decisions. They found the following as determining factors:

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  dairy farming is dominated by male farmers who were over 60 years old;

  
  

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   PROJECTS, CAPACITIES AND PUBLICATIONS BY PROGRAMME LEADER AT INSTITUTION.

   
   

    

   
   

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   Banga, Cuthbert and others - ARC-Irene.

   
   

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Discipline: food safety; Key words: Bacillus cereus, spores, Extended Shelf Life milk, CIP, heat and chemicals, biofilms.

 Discipline: udder health; Key words: SCC, quarter milk samples, composite samples, threshold, udder infection. 

Discipline: contamination; Key words: identification, spoilage, Chryseobacterium, Empedobacter, dairy  

Discipline: management; Key words: liver fluke, mastitis, milk flocculation, performance.

Discipline: nutrition/feeding; Keywords: Digestion, energy nutrients, metabolism, milk production, reproduction.

Discipline: economics; Key words: sustainability, environmental impact, total factor productivity, pasture-based dairy. 

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