Work organization on smallholder dairy farms: a process unique to each farm

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1271-1278

  Hostiou, Nathalie ^a   Cialdella, Nathalie ^b,d   Vazquez, Vincent ^c   Müller, Artur Gustavo ^d   Le Gal, Pierre Yves ^b  

^a UMR Territoires   (France)

^b UMR INNOVATION   (France)

^c MONTPELLIER SUPAGRO   (France)

^d EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Labor; Task duration; Variability; Workload

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BOVINE; BRAZIL; DAIRYING; HUMAN; MALE; MILK; QUESTIONNAIRE; SECRETION (PROCESS); WORKLOAD;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CATTLE; DAIRYING; HUMANS; MALE; MILK; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84941415126     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-015-0859-7     Document Type: Article

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