Sustainability levels in Irish dairy farming: a farm typology according to sustainable performance indicators

Is automatic milking acceptable in organic dairy farming? Quantification of sustainability indicators

The objective of this research, was to quantify sustainability indicators of organic dairy farms using Automatic Milking Systems (AMS), and a comparative group of organic dairy farms using conventional milking systems (CMS). Milk yield per cow was higher for AMS farms but did not result in higher net return to management. Nitrogen surplus per ha of available land was higher for AMS farms, Anima...

Sustainable production of dairy farm systems

Sustainability of dairy farm production systems can be measured by the intersection between profitability and environmental stewardship. It is clear that unprofitable farms are destined to go out of business. Similarly, although not as evident, farms that are not efficient in the use of input resources, having higher wastages, and consequently producing more emissions, are likely to be un-susta...

Sustainability, Sustainable Livelihoods, Climate Risks, Small Scale -Farming

Farmers frequently cope with risks due to the uncertainty of climatic conditions. Population growth, changes in agricultural policies, environmental regulations and the degradation of natural resources such as soil and water also present farmers with numerous challenges. Although farmers have experience in coping with a certain degree of uncertainty, increased climate variability and changes ma...

A Study of Sustainable Transportation Planning and Sustainability Indicators

The legislation of ISTEA and CAAA in the early 1990s have significant impacts on the notion of sustainable transportation planning. Their provisions allow local communities to implement planning strategies towards the goals of sustainable development. Meanwhile, there has been increasing recognition of the need to establish instruments to evaluate the progress of the implementation of sustainab...

Different Farming Methods – But No Solution to Improve Rural Sustainability and to Save Australia’s Family Farm