Danish stable schools for experiential common learning in groups of organic dairy farmers

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2543-2554

  Vaarst, M ^a   Nissen, T B ^b   Ostergaard S ^a   Klaas, I C ^c   Bennedsgaard, T W ^a   Christensen, J ^d  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b Organic Denmark (The Danish Organisation of Organic Farmers)   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Organic Dairy Company 'Thise'   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal health planning; Common experiential learning; Farmer empowerment; Organic dairy farming

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 35748946310     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2006-607     Document Type: Article

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