Metrics and methods for characterizing dairy farm intensification using farm survey data.

ABSTRACT: Evaluation of agricultural intensification requires comprehensive analysis of trends in farm performance across physical and socio-economic aspects, which may diverge across farm types. Typical reporting of economic indicators at sectorial or the "average farm" level does not represent farm diversity and provides limited insight into the sustainability of specific intensification pathways. Using farm business data from a total of 7281 farm survey observations of English and Welsh dairy farms over a 14-year period we calculate a time series of 16 key performance indicators (KPIs) pertinent to farm structure, environmental and socio-economic aspects of sustainability. We then apply principle component analysis and model-based clustering analysis to identify statistically the number of distin

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez-Mejia A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5942782 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature