Leverages for on-farm innovation from farm typologies? An illustration for family-based dairy farms in north-west Michoacán, Mexico

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 135, Issue , 2015, Pages 66-76

  Cortez Arriola, José ^a   Rossing, Walter A H ^a   Massiotti, Ricardo D Améndola ^b   Scholberg, Johannes M S ^a   Groot, Jeroen C J ^a   Tittonell, Pablo ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA CHAPINGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Economic analysis; External dependency; Farm profitability; Farm typology; Farm yield gaps; Multivariate analysis

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; DAIRY FARMING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INNOVATION; MILK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROFITABILITY; RESOURCE USE; TYPOLOGY; YIELD RESPONSE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MICHOACAN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84920996738     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2014.12.005     Document Type: Article

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