Cattle husbandry in Eastern Europe and China structure, development paths and optimisation - Kuipers, Able; Rozstalnyy, Andriy; Keane, Gerry (Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2014)
"Outcome of a 3rd workshop on Eastern Europe, held in Bratislava, Slovakia, 2012, again as part of the annual EAAP meeting"--Preface. - Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes
1. Livestock farming in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia -- 2. Overview of the ruminant livestock sector of some of former USSR countries and Western Balkan countries -- 3. Study on the functioning of the meat market for consumers in the European Union -- 4. Developments in dairying worldwide, from a dairy farmer's perspective -- 5. Grazing livestock in Baltic countries and development paths of dairy farmers in Lithuania -- 6. Study of development paths of dairy farmers in Slovenia -- 7. Dairy production developments and farm strategies in Poland -- 8. Competencies and agricultural entrepreneurship of dairy farmers in Poland, Lithuania and Slovenia -- 9. Changing conditions require a higher level of entrepreneurship by farmers: use of an interactive strategic management tool -- 10. Interactive strategic management reportage: the Prezelj mountain farm case in Slovenia -- 11. Optimisation of economic parameters and determinants of ruminant production in the Slovak Republic -- 12. Challenges and problems of the milk production sector in Russia (the Belgorod region example) -- 13. Current state and future outlook for development of the milk and beef sectors in Ukraine -- 14. Efficiency, cooperative aspects and prospects for the dairy and beef sectors in Belarus -- 15. Adjustment of cattle and sheep production in Croatia to the economic and market environment -- 16. An assessment of efficiency and prospects for the cattle sectors in Serbia -- 17. Efficiency, cooperative aspects and prospects for the dairy and beef sectors in the Republic of Macedonia -- 18. Survey of genetic selection on pasture-based dairy farms in the USA and Romania