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Improving smallholder dairy farming in tropical Asia

Code: 9781838791551
Publication date: 31/07/2016
Extent: 20 pages

Contributions by: John Moran, Profitable Dairy Systems, Australia

Chapter synopsis: This chapter reviews the importance of smallholder dairy farmers in Asia. It assesses their needs and the obstacles they face in improving dairy production. The chapter discusses ways of benchmarking performance and examples of initiatives to support smallholders. It identifies both constraints faced by smallholder dairy farmers in Asia and ways of addressing them to ensure sustainable increases in production and yield.

DOI: 10.19103/AS.2015.0005.37
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Table of contents1 Introduction
2 Dairy farming in Asia
3 Supporting smallholder dairy farmers
4 Key constraints facing smallholder dairy farmers in tropical Asia
5 Benchmarking performance
6 Case study: cow colonies
7 Summary and future trends
8 Where to look for further information
9 References and further reading

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