Dairy Sector: Opportunities and Sustainability Challenges

• Other Authors: Bhat, Rajeev (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; Technology, engineering, agriculture; dairy; water; review; modelling; water footprint; agriculture; feed additive; methane mitigation; enteric emissions; greenhouse gas; climate change; LCA; environmental impacts; intensification; technical efficiency; four-component model; endogeneity; input distance function; meta-frontier; stochastic frontier analysis; dairy processing industry; European Union; proanthocyanidins; condensed tannins; secondary plant metabolites; methane; ruminants; farm; organization; governance; adoption; agroecology; practices; regulation; Brazil; ammonia emissions; dairy cow; flushing; freestall barn; scraping; heat pump; dairy farming; water heater; ASHP; ASHPWH; usable water; emissions; sustainability; farm type; sustainable management; small-/medium-scale animal farms; food science; customer experience design; food well-being; food psychology; hedonia; eudaimonia; meaningful consumption; artisan products; local food; profit cows; economic sustainability; knowledge transfer; production disease; production disease economics; emission factor; enteric fermentation; gross energy; milking cows; dairy industry; supply chain management; safety failure factors; interpretive structural modeling; MICMAC analysis; agro-livestock sector; GHG emissions
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Achieving success along the entire production and supply chain of a dairy sector depends explicitly on adopting a sustainable 'state of the art' approach. In this regard, understanding key sustainability indicators and challenges with a holistic approach is vital. Appropriate design, appli...