The objective of this study was to determine if a 3-dimensional computer vision automatic locomotion scoring (3D-ALS) method was able to outperform human observers for classifying cows as lame or nonlame and for detecting cows affected and nonaffected by specific type(s) of hoof lesion. Data collection …

This study was conducted to investigate dairy farming practices and gross margin at smallholder dairy farmer level to design a business model for scaling up climate-smart dairy in Ziway-Hawassa milk shed. 80 sample dairy farmers from five districts (which then categorised as urban and peri-urban dairy …

In Ghana, cashew nut sub-sector has gained attention ever since cashew development project was instituted in 2006 and since then several interventions have been geared towards improvement of yield. Despite those efforts production have not reached desirable level hence the need to assess effect of farming …

The impact of drought on developing country like Ghana cannot be underestimated most importantly if Ghana as nation wants to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals 1 and 2 which are aimed at reducing extreme hunger and poverty by 2030. The study was aimed at identifying the coping strategies used …

”Landscape as House” is about animating my families landscape through a new form of topographic living: a frag-mented house embedded into forests, meadows and the village. This house creates a life constituted of movement through landscape, on the scale of a farmers ground, with rooms inhabiting its …

The dairy sector in the Netherlands aims for a 30% increase in efficiency and 30% carbon dioxide emission reduction compared to the reference year of 1990, and a 20% share of renewable energy, all by the year 2020. Anaerobic Digestion (AD) can play a substantial role in achieving these aims. However, …

This report describes the results and recommendations for Indian dairy farmers and Dutch and Indian companies, from the RAAK Family Dairy Tech India project. Researchers and students of two Dutch and one Indian University of Applied Sciences, together with ten Dutch companies, Indian companies and …

Op de Dairy Campus wordt onderzoek gedaan naar gras. In de toekomst zullen activiteitenmeters de grasopname van koeien betrouwbaar kunnen vaststellen en hopelijk ook andere aspecten van gras: wat is de grasgroei per perceel, hoe groot is de grasvoorraad, het eiwitgehalte en wat is de voorspelde grasgroei …

Is de Nederlandse melkveehouder klaar om met sensordata aan de slag te gaan? Die vraag is meerdere malen gesteld tijdens de themamiddag 'Blij met sensoren in de wei' op de Dairy Campus, georganiseerd door hogeschool Van Hall Larenstein, Wageningen Livestock Research en het project 4DF4. Een eenduidige …

Insect farming has been suggested as a good alternative to conventional livestock farming for the growing demand of food and feed production. One of the most well-known edible insects is the silkworm, larva of the silk moth (Bombyx mori). This insect is reared because of their commercially valuable products, …