Sustainability embraces socio-economic and bio-ecological dimensions or attributes. This
paper presents a conceptual framework for quantifying sustainability on the basis of efficiency …

Textbooks and articles on farm management stress the importance of the management
capacity of the farmer with respect to his farm results. However, explicit definitions together with …

Some years ago, systematic research was initiated to improve quantitative insight into the
economic impact of diseases and disease control in livestock. This paper deals with the …

A model is presented with which two questions have been elaborated: This paper is
confined to the first question; the second will be worked out in a subsequent paper. First, the …

Environmental legislation is forcing a rethink about desirable crop production systems. The
development of new production systems that meet economic and environmental objectives …

Recently the managerial decision making process has been given new attention, both in
theoretical studies as well as in empirical research explaining differences in farm results. …

Until now, economic research to support the dairy farmer's policy with respect to the
replacement decision has mainly been concerned with culling for production. However, in most …

Most research on efficiency of farm management focuses on the relationship between an
array of individual management variables and technical performance. Few studies have …

Animal Health Economics is a relatively new subject, being developed to provide a quantitative
insight into the economic effect of disease and disease control in livestock. Research in …

The introduction of automatic milking technology, including on-line individual data acquisition
and processing, requires adaptation of dairy management methods. Automatic milking …