Contribution of integrated farm management (IFM) to Defra objectives

Farm Animal Welfare Committee (2014). Evidence and the Welfare of Farmed Animals Part 1: The Evidence Base: Farm Animal Welfare Committee. Defra Farm Animal Welfare Committee

An investigation of potential badger/cattle interactions including the extent of badger visitations to farm buildings

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Abstract for a contributed paper to the Agricultural Economics Society Conference

The UK Government seeks to put the promotion of animal welfare and the protection from animal disease at the ‘core of the way in which we farm and live’ (Defra, 2002). To do so, it recognises that it must encourage animal keepers to adopt good practice by identifying and assessing the real benefits of improvements in animal health and welfare (Defra, 2003). This challenge will be greatest but p...

ANIMAL WELFARE , ECONOMICS AND POLICY Report on a study undertaken for the Farm & Animal Health Economics Division of Defra

Biofertilizers, Biopesticides and Integrated Pest Management: Potentials and Challenges in the Islamic Republic of Iran

The Islamic Republic of Iran has a rich agricultural background; agriculture accounts for 10% of the GDP and provides livelihood to about 30% of the population. Efforts to increase farm productivity resulted in importing pesticides with about 3000 tons annually between 2012 and 2014; therefore, there is urgent need for using alternatives such as application of biofertilizers and biopesticides i...