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Parker, Amanda Jane. "Deregulating and developing dairy-food chain relationships : implications for farm business management in south east Queensland /." St. Lucia, Qld, 2002. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe16816.pdf.
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Berlin, Johanna. "Environmental improvements of the post-farm dairy chain : production management by systems analysis methods /." Göteborg : Chalmers tekniska högskola, 2005. http://www-mat21.slu.se/publikation/pdf/kappan.pdf.
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Skolrud, Tristan Del. "A Fourier analysis of the U.S. dairy industry." Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University, 2009. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Summer2009/t_skolrud_072009.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A. in economics)--Washington State University, August 2009.Title from PDF title page (viewed on Sept. 15, 2009). "School of Economic Sciences." Includes bibliographical references (p. 18-20).
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Flanagan, Andrea L. "Livestock and dairy producers' knowledge of quality assurance issues." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2006. https://eidr.wvu.edu/etd/documentdata.eTD?documentid=4517.
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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2006.Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains ix, 106 p. Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-81).
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Bulale, Abdinasir Ibrahim. "Smallholder dairy production and dairy technology adoption in the mixed farming system in Arsi Highland, Ethiopia /." Berlin : Köster, 2000. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=009047143&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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Suzuki, Atsushi. "Study of computer use in the Queensland dairy industry : farmers' perceptions /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 1999. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18330.pdf.
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Louw, Johannes Michiel Adriaan. "Challenges of the dairy industry in Southern Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/97447.
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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The world population is growing rapidly and places additional pressure on the natural resources of the world. The increase in the world population leads to increasing focus on food security and the nutrition of the world population. Developed countries can only produce up to a certain level to satisfy the demand for food in the world. The additional production needs to come from countries where economic and agricultural development has been lagging. The research identified five major drivers of the future growth of agriculture. These drivers of future growth create opportunities for countries in Africa and help to address the development challenges for their different agricultural sub-sectors. The dairy industry in Southern Africa can play a significant role in addressing food security and nutritional needs of the growing population. Large numbers of livestock are present in Southern Africa because the landscape is lending itself to livestock farming and cultural believes see livestock as wealth in the hands of the owner. There are however serious challenges to address in order to achieve sustainable growth in the dairy industry in Southern Africa. The focus of the report is on the identification of the challenges in the dairy industry in Southern Africa, thus helping with the formulation of a growth strategy and business model. The report used a qualitative method of literature study to determine the challenges faced by the dairy industry in three Southern African countries, i.e. South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia. The contrasts between these countries are significant, but there are also many common elements and challenges. From this range of factors a set of key “challenges for action” has been derived, which are put forward as a basis for public and private sector efforts to strengthen growth in the sector. The list of challenges also assisted in the proposal of a business model to address part of the challenges of development in the dairy industry.
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Waak, Elisabet. "Listeria monocytogenes : farm and dairy studies /." Uppsala : Dept. of Food Hygiene, Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences ([Institutionen för livsmedelshygien], Sveriges lantbruksuniv.), 2002. http://epsilon.slu.se/avh/2002/91-576-6376-9.pdf.
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Bai, Junfei. "Consumers' preferences for dairy products in alternative food store formats in China." Online access for everyone, 2006. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Dissertations/Fall2006/j_bai_120106.pdf.
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Erickson, James D. "Hazard communication program for the employees of Hunt-Wesson Inc." Online version, 1998. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1998/1998ericksonj.pdf.
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Berrevoets, Hendrik Willem. "The development of the Australian dairy industry with special reference to differences in the structure of dairy farms by state between 1983/84 and 1994/95 /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 1999. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe16201.pdf.
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Vandegrift, Shia-Lu Chu. "Impact of government regulation on the dairy industry in the United States." Thesis, This resource online, 1990. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03122009-040601/.
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Carter, Marc Robert. "A process for supporting natural resource management on farms : a case study in the Australian sub-tropical dairy industry /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2005. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe19115.pdf.
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Issar, Gurpreet. "Strategies and relationships in the dairy-food supply chain : options for milk producers in south-east Queensland /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2004. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18559.pdf.
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Poole, Daniel H. "Development of the West Virginia Dairy Quality Assurance Program Effects of mammary gland hair removal by flame-clipping on milk quality ; Examination of seminal plasma and transforming growth factor-beta 1 on conception rates of artificially inseminated cattle /." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2005. https://eidr.wvu.edu/etd/documentdata.eTD?documentid=4010.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2005.Title from document title page. Document formated into pages; contains 1 v. (various pagings). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.
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Wu, Ming-Ming. "The demand analysis for four major milk and dairy products in the United States : an application of logistic microdata approach /." The Ohio State University, 1986. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487265555438694.
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Coletti, Vinícius Deotan. "Os agricultores familiares e a construção dos mercados do leite e queijo: a pequena produção e a qualidade frente à legislação brasileira e europeia." Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, 2013. http://repositorio.utfpr.edu.br/jspui/handle/1/701.
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CAPESA atividade leiteira têm proporcionado uma possibilidade de rendimentos mesmo em áreas reduzidas, atraindo inúmeros agricultores que percebem nesta atividade melhores possibilidades que em outras. Assim, fundamentado no processo de mercantilização da produção familiar, diversificação dos meios de vida e influência das políticas públicas sanitárias, este estudo pretende caracterizar as estratégias de produção de queijo no município de Itapejara d‟Oestecom base na análise da trajetória de seis famílias entre 2005 e 2012 com base em cadastros e entrevistas que trazem à tona as expectativas e a noção de qualidade versus os resultados efetivamente alcançados pelos agricultores. A análise de um banco de dados constituído em levantamentos realizados pelo prof. Dr. Miguel A. Perondi em dois anos agrícolas, 2004/2005 e 2009/2010, junto a novas entrevistas realizadas em 2012 resultou nos estudos de caso discutidos e dados apresentados. Foram observadas as trajetórias das famílias, analisados dados referentes à renda agrícola, renda total, disponibilidade de mão de obra, índice de diversificação e buscou-se acompanhar as principais variáveis na trajetória da família ao longo dos anos. Evidenciaram-se também as disparidades encontradas na legislação brasileira, que pouco resgata da informalidade os agricultores produtores de queijo artesanais. Esse debate é analisado sob o foco da legislação brasileira e europeia na busca por delinear o melhor caminho para resgatar um eficiente sistema de controle de qualidade baseado na confiança e que permita a pequena produção artesanal atender o nicho do mercado local. Nos estudos de caso pode-se constatar in loco acerca da importância destinada ao fator da qualidade do leite na rotina diária, pois se trata de redes diretas de consumo, nas quais o vínculo produtor-consumidor é relevante. A confiança e responsabilidade estabelecida sobre a pessoa que produz é a principal garantia para consumo deste alimento no mercado local, mesmo sem inspeção oficial. Ao fim são apresentados os gargalos para o desenvolvimento da cadeia produtiva do leite, observando que os produtores desenvolvem redes sociais que absorvem sua produção baseados no crescimento da confiança do que se produz. Neste foco, alguns agricultores investem no processo de certificação via sistema inspeção e fiscalização municipal que formaliza o acesso ao mercado local, entretanto, muitos outros permanecem na informalidade reduzindo cada vez mais sua escala de produção. Percebe-se assim uma limitação legal para a pequena produção familiar, que impossibilita o ingresso ao mercado formal, desincentiva e desvaloriza a produção em cadeias curtas.
Milk production have provided a possibility of income even in smaller areas, attracting numerous agricultures who perceive in this activity better opportunities than others. Thus, based on the process of commodification of household production, diversification of livelihoods and influence public health policies, this study examines the strategies of cheese production in the municipality of Itapejara d'Oeste based on the analysis of the trajectory of six families between 2005 and 2012 based on records and interviews that bring to the fore the notion of quality and expectations versus actual results for farmers. By analyzing a database consisting of two agriculture years 2004/2005 and 2009/2010, realized by Prof. Dr. Miguel A. Perondi, with new interviews conducted in 2012 resulted in the case studies discussed and the data presented. Were observed trajectories of families, analyzing data related to farm income, total income, availability of labor, rate of diversification, seeking to highlight the variables in the path of the family throughout the years Showed up obstacles. Were observed trajectories of families highlighting the obstacles encountered in the Brazilian legislation, that few rescues the informal artisanal producers of cheese. This debate is analyzed under the focus of European and Brazilian legislation seeks to show the best way to rescue an efficient system of quality control based on trust and allowing small craft production meet the niche market place. At the study cases can be visualized in loco the importance given to the quality factors of milk e and dairy routine, because they are at direct consumer networks, where the producer-consumer relationship is relevant. The trust and responsibility established on the person who produces is the guarantee for a secure consumption of food at local market, even without official inspection. At the end are shown the bottlenecks for the development of the milk chain, noting that producers develop social networks that absorb their production based on growing confidence of what is produced. In this focus, some producers invest in municipal certification process that formalizes the local access market, however, many others remain in informality increasingly reducing their scale of production. You realize thus limiting law for small family farms, which prevents entry to the formal market, and cheapens and discourages production in short chains.
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Gum, Russell L., and William E. Martin. "Economic Impacts of Biotechnical Innovations in the U.S. and Arizona Dairy and Cotton Industries." College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/310801.
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Bragg, Lisa A. "Spatial Dependence and Omitted Variable Bias Effects on Efficiency Analysis: A Study of the Maine Dairy Industry." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2005. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/BraggLA2005.pdf.
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Kola, Jukka. "Production control in Finnish agriculture : determinants of control policy and quantitative and economic efficiency of dairy restrictions /." Helsinki : Agricultural Economics Research Institute, Finland, 1991. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=002889555&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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Leek, Viktor. "Reduction of wastage costs for products with short shelf life : A case study on the Swedish division of the global dairy company Arla Foods." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-98554.
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Background – inventory management theory has in the past been focused on traditional engineering industries. These theories are not completely applicable on industries such as FMCG where the main objective is to avoid obsolescence and not tied-up capital. A part of the FMCG industry that is especially pressured by short shelf lives is the food industry. The food industry has also the disadvantage that the customers demand instant deliveries, which makes production to order impossible. Arla Foods is a dairy company that is struggling with high and increasing wastage costs. The wastage cost is generated from products where last sales date is exceeded and Arla Foods CSE therefore has to trash the products even if the best-before date is still valid. These costs need to be reduced on both short and long term. Hence Arla Foods is perfect as a case company for this study. Purpose – the ulterior purpose of this study is to seek if the current theory is applicable on the food industry. This is investigated through a case study at Arla Foods with the following questions asked: Which factors drives wastage costs at a global dairy company such as Arla Foods? How do the factors relate to each other? Which actions could be taken to reduce the wastage costs at a global dairy company such as Arla Foods? To what extent could these findings be generalizable? Method – a thorough literature study is conducted to create an understanding of the existing theories. The case study is mainly based on interviews and observations with employees at Arla Foods. Data has been extracted from internal data bases and processed to complement the interviews and observations. Conclusion – the case company showed that the most significant wastage drivers on an article level were forecast deviations and batch size/delivery frequency. However, the main wastage drivers at Arla Foods were nothing that could be found in neither supply chain management nor inventory management theory – this was instead problems related to work process, organization, communication and strategy. Suggested solutions to these problems are among others: Going through the worst performing articles’ set-up in a structured way. Making sure that there exists a clear process and that all employees are educated in it. Having a back-up plan on what to do with excessive inventory. Using follow-up reports as tools to take action from. When these problems have been solved, Arla Foods can instead focus on planning principles such as taking steps towards a more integrated collaboration with their customers via Efficient Consumer Response. The findings are not proved to be general in any way, but the conclusion of the report still states that there is a high probability that these findings could be applied on other companies within the food industry in general and within the dairy industry in specific. If this is the case, then it is shown that the current theory lacks several aspects when it comes to food industry – aspects that maybe do not have the same importance within most of the traditional engineering industries. Originality – the literature review conducted before the case study did not show any other case study or research that has made an equally broad overview. Earlier studies have mainly been focused on that the food industry is in need of customized planning principles and systems. That research has in the end advocated implementation of Efficient Consumer Response or similar.
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Pereira, Jorge Luiz Veríssimo. "Serviço ao cliente no processo logístico no contexto do relacionamento do elo indústria-varejo: um estudo na indústria de laticínios refrigerados." Universidade de São Paulo, 2002. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3138/tde-30102002-120852/.
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O objetivo desta dissertação é contribuir para o entendimento do conceito de customer service e como ele pode ser uma ferramenta útil para o desenvolvimento de estratégias logísticas. Para tanto, estabeleceu-se um aprofundamento teórico do conceito, baseado na literatura sobre customer service e logística. Também estão presentes conceitos como o de valor, o de preço e qualidade, os tipos de relacionamento e os canais de distribuição. Por fim, aborda-se o setor varejista e o seu comportamento de compra. Foi conduzida uma pesquisa exploratória, mediante um estudo em uma empresa do setor de laticínios refrigerados. Nesta empresa, foi analisada apenas a logística de seus produtos refrigerados. Os resultados da pesquisa indicaram que a empresa não domina o conceito de customer service. Foi constatada, ainda, uma grande desvantagem competitiva da empresa com relação à empresa líder do mercado. Verificou-se, ainda, que a empresa deve reformular totalmente suas estratégias logísticas se ela pretende ser uma empresa competitiva e que satisfaça seus clientes e acionistas. Concluiu-se que customer service pode ser uma importante ferramenta no processo de estabelecimento de uma estratégia logística competitiva que agrega valor aos produtos da empresa.The aim of this dissertation is to contribute for the understanding of the concept of customer service and how it can be a useful tool for the development of logistic strategies. Indeed, the theory used was based on customer service and logistics literature. Concepts of value, price, quality, type of relationship among companies and channels of distribution are also present. Moreover, the retail sector and its purchase behavior are studied. An exploratory research was conducted as a case study in a company of dairy products industry. In this company, only the logistics of its refrigerated products was analyzed. The outcome of this research pointed out that the company doesnt have enough knowledge about the concept of customer service. It was verified that the company has a great disadvantage if compared with the leading company of the industry. Therefore, the company should enhance its logistics strategies if it intends to be a competitive company that brings satisfaction to its customers and stockholders. So, customer service could be an important tool in the process of establishing a competitive logistics strategy that adds value to its products.
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Gomes, Maria de F??tima Almeida Barbosa. "Impactos sociais dos processos de abertura comercial: o caso do setor leiteiro em Minas Gerais." reponame:Repositório Institucional da FJP, 2000. http://www.repositorio.fjp.mg.gov.br/handle/123456789/176.
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O setor leiteiro nacional, bem como toda a cadeia agroindustrial do leite, passou, durante a d??cada de 90, por uma s??rie de modifica????es. A abertura do pa??s ao com??rcio internacional, a desregulamenta????o do mercado e o aumento interno da demanda por produtos l??cteos, dentro de um contexto de economia global, preservando os princ??pios do neoliberalismo, trouxeram in??meras conseq????ncias para o setor leiteiro. A abertura do pa??s ao com??rcio internacional, de forma indiscriminada e unilateral, sem a institui????o de mecanismos de sustenta????o para os setores mais fr??geis, inclusive o leite, propiciou a entrada maci??a de produto estrangeiro, subsidiado na origem. As importa????es deprimiram os pre??os, em que pese o aumento da produ????o nos plant??is mais desenvolvidos que se modernizaram para enfrentar a acirrada concorr??ncia dos produtos estrangeiros, de maneira a atender uma ind??stria cada vez mais exigente em termos de qualidade. O presente estudo tem como finalidade refletir sobre as mudan??as ocorridas, estudar a situa????o real dos produtores de leite, fomentar a discuss??o sobre o assunto e, sobretudo, fornecer subs??dios, inclusive ao governo nacional, alertando para a necessidade emergente de pol??ticas p??blicas para o setor, inclusive um programa de reconvers??o dos pequenos produtores para outras atividades. Realizou-se um estudo de caso no munic??pio de Carmo do Rio Claro, em Minas Gerais, atrav??s de pesquisa direta, onde se detectaram a intensa profissionaliza????o do setor, o abandono da atividade por pequenos produtores e a perda de postos de trabalho. Em s??ntese, o setor se especializa e o capital se concentra, eliminando produtores e postos de trabalho da atividade.
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Ölmez, Zeynep Öner Zübeyde. "Süt sanayisinde biyofilm oluşturan mikroorganizmalar ve biyofilm oluşumunun önlenmesi /." Isparta : SDÜ Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, 2009. http://tez.sdu.edu.tr/Tezler/TF01297.pdf.
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Noal, Rosane Maria Coradini. "AÇÕES DE MELHORIA CONTÍNUA PARA INCREMENTAR A QUALIDADE E PRODUTIVIDADE NA CADEIA DO LEITE." Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2006. http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/8181.
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Milk and dairy products are groceries of high nutritive value, and therefore, of easy contamination. A great part of the toxic infections that occur, according to the World Health Organization, is caused by the consume of contaminated food, and the main factors that determine these contaminations are related with the poor raw-material
obtaining conditions, storage, transportation, processing, manipulation, conservation and commercialization. The present moment requires news models of management,
in the milk farms and in the dairy industry. This study had as its objective to point out actions for continuous improvement, to increase the quality and productivity in the milk chain, from diagnosis made in a milk farm and in a Dairy Factory in Santa
Maria/RS. The methodology used was the explanatory-descriptive-exploratory type. For the concretization of this project, in the rural property, visual observation and
environmental pictures were used, which included the physical-functional structure, operational, human resources and of the flux of milk obtaining in the milking rooms, and milk. In the factory, was from analysis of the physical-functional, operational and human resources structure, which was made through the observation of the plant, visual observation of the environment e pictures of the production fluxes, as well as
through data collecting in files in the management sector and verifying list of the GMP. The detailed analysis of the processes identified opportunities for improvement, and evaluation of non conformities in the rural property and factory, based in the current legislations. The evaluation instrument, applied to the locals of study, demonstrated itself to be a effective tool in the identification of factors of non
conformities, made possible the elaboration of the Plan of Action 5S s, to the rural property, Manual of GMP to the Factory, and adaptation suggestions to eliminate
identified flaws.O leite e seus derivados são alimentos de alto valor nutritivo, e, portanto, de fácil contaminação. Grande parte das toxinfecções ocorridas, de acordo com a Organização Mundial da Saúde, é causada pelo consumo de alimentos contaminados, e os principais fatores que determinam essas contaminações estão relacionadas com as condições precárias de obtenção da matéria-prima, armazenamento, transporte, processamento, manipulação, conservação e comercialização. O momento atual exige novos modelos de gestão, nas propriedades leiteiras e na indústria de laticínios. Este estudo teve como objetivo propor ações de melhoria contínua, para incrementar a qualidade e produtividade, na cadeia do leite, a partir de diagnósticos realizados em uma propriedade leiteira e em uma Usina de laticínios de Santa Maria/RS. A metodologia utilizada foi do tipo exploratório-descritiva-explicativo. Para a realização do trabalho, na propriedade rural, utilizou-se a observação visual e fotos do ambiente, que incluiu a estrutura físico-funcional, operacional, recursos humanos e do fluxo de obtenção do leite nas salas de ordenha e leite. Na Usina, constou de análise da estrutura físico-funcional, operacional e dos recursos humanos, a qual foi realizada pela observação da planta baixa, observação visual dos ambientes e fotos dos fluxos de produção, assim como através da coleta de dados em arquivos no setor administrativo e lista de verificação das BPF. A análise detalhada dos processos identificou oportunidades de melhoria, e avaliação das não conformidades na propriedade rural e Usina, baseado nas legislações vigentes.O instrumento de avaliação, aplicado aos locais em estudo, demonstrou ser uma ferramenta eficaz na identificação de fatores de não conformidades, possibilitou a elaboração do Plano de Ação 5S s, para a propriedade rural, Manual de BPF para a Usina, e sugestões de adequações para eliminar falhas identificadas.
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Gray, Allison D. "Milking anomie: experiencing food safety on Canadian dairy farms." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10155/421.
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The developing discipline of Food Crime requires the analysis of food safety responsibility from a critical structural perspective. Analyzing the Canadian dairy industry, this project seeks to answer how the legal definition of food safety impacts the production practices of farmers, and where farmers place the burden of food safety responsibility, while partially testing institutional anomie theory. A legal discourse analysis of food safety law in Canada is performed to contextualize individual interviews with six active family-farmers in rural southern Ontario in order to determine how dairy farmers experience food safety legislation. As hypothesized, farmers experience food safety law through forms of disempowerment and alienation involving dairy production products, leading to a partial displacement of responsibility for safe food. The ideas of institutional anomie theory were insignificant or inconclusive for these case studies. More research is required to determine potential policy implications concerning the safety of Canadian food.
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Janmaat, Johannus Anthonius. "Marketing cooperatives and supply management." Thesis, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/5353.
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Cooperatives are commonplace in the dairy sector throughout the developed world. A
cooperative is an organization whose patrons are those who contribute the capital. Two features that
distinguish a cooperative are: profits are distributed by member patronage, and member control is
democratic. In theory, this organizational form cannot sustainably capture economic rents. Members
adjust their production until any captured rents are eliminated, restoring the competitive solution.
In British Columbia, the dairy industry is regulated by supply management. Production quotas
control output, while fanner returns are guaranteed by restricting imports and administering the price.
All milk is pooled, and processors need not deal directly with dairy producers.
A simple model of the BC dairy industry, with farm production or processor input as the only
variable, shows that the ‘competitive yardstick’ is not maintained. The industry wide milk pool decouples
the cooperative from its membership. When this cooperative maximizes its patronage dividend, supply
management totally separates it from its members incentives. Given that the administrative price is not
set to eliminate all processing rents, the positive patronage dividend is an incentive for all farmers to join
the cooperative. Simultaneously, a competing IOF can capture rents because it is buying milk at the pooi
price and does not compete with the cooperative for its input needs.
The financial statements of the Fraser Valley Milk Producers Cooperative Association lend
support to the model. Based on performance ratios, this cooperative is behaving similar to other firms in
the dairy industry, and may be capturing rents on behalf of its members. The one area of discrepancy is in
the source of financing, and this can be largely explained by changing member investment preferences.
Our model predicts that in B.C. the price of quota should be dependent on the return generated
by our theoretical cooperative. We find that the present perfonnance of the cooperative is not a useful
predictor of the quota price. However, quota price appears to be closely linked to indicators of future
economic performance, and the sign of this linkage is consistent with our model.
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Duarte, Diogo Fernando Pedrosa. "Logoplaste-What are the opportunities in the European dairy industry?" Master's thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/17551.
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Field lab: Entrepreneurial and innovative venturesThis paper studies the internationalization process of Logoplaste in the Rigid Plastic Container Industry, within the Dairy Products Industry. The conception of the implementation strategy required the study of the potential markets and its successful Business Model, derived from its internationalization experience. From all the European countries, Poland met the required conditions and was selected as the one with highest potential. Within Poland, the existent opportunities and the most efficient strategies to follow were addressed, with the entrance in the Yogurts Market being the main recommended tactical decision, as well as the continuity of Logoplaste best practices.
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Yao, Valery Yao. "Emotive reactions to the consumer education project of the South African dairy industry." Diss., 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18332.
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Historically, consumer perceptions towards dairy products have been measured using a rational cognitive approach. However, recent consumer insights suggest that emotions play a dominant role in consumer decision making. The South African dairy industry therefore identified a need to determine emotive reactions to educational messages in addition to the reasons underpinning dairy consumption. Using a mixed method research approach, reactions from 81 South African dairy consumers were obtained, using three different, but interrelated measuring instruments. Descriptive statistics, hierarchical ladder maps and correlation analyses were used to examine emotive and cognitive consumer reaction to a number of generic dairy messages and products. The findings indicate that certain communication messages appear to have a stronger impact on consumers due to specific emotions that these messages elicit. Personal values underpinning dairy consumption decisions were also identified within the context of emotive reactions to the selected dairy products.Business Management
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Khorchurklang, Sukij. "Factors Influencing Australia's Dairy Product Exports to Thailand: 1980-2002." 2005. http://eprints.vu.edu.au/384/1/384contents.pdf.
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This thesis focuses on an analysis of factors influencing Australia's dairy product exports to Thailand. To the author's knowledge, such an analysis has not been conducted so far. The research consists of literature reviews of the theories and empirical studies of comparative advantage and export demand, the econometric estimation of Thailand's demand for Australia's exports of dairy products to analyse the determinants of Thailand's demand for Australian dairy products, and an investigation of experience of selected Australian exporting companies in exporting dairy products to Thailand based on the interviews of export managers. Australia exports dairy products such as, milk dry (skim milk powder or SMP and whole milk powder or WMP), butter, cheese and curd, and whey products to Thailand. SMP is the principle ingredient of Thailand's milk processing industry. Australia's main competitors in Thailand for exports of dairy products are New Zealand, the EU and to some extent the U.S.A. Thailand has heavily protected its local dairy industry by high tariffs and regulation. The Thai government promotes local dairy production and the use of local milk products. However, the dairy sector of Thailand is still incapable of meeting the demand from the domestic dairy processing industry and consumers. Hence, Thailand has to import a large volume of dairy products each year. The Australia-Thailand free trade agreement (FTA) started to operate in January 2005. Thailand's import tariffs on Australia's dairy products will decline to zero to 32 per cent, and be phased out by 2010 or 2020. The quotas on Australia's exports of milk powders and milk and cream to the Thai market will be increased by 2025. The analysis of revealed comparative advantage and revealed competitive advantage identify that among the dairy product exporting countries, Australia has comparative advantage and competitive advantage of all of the dairy products (milk evaporated, milk dry, whey preserved and concentrated butter and cheese and curd). Thailand has comparative advantage and competitive advantage only in milk condensed and evaporated. Thailand has comparative disadvantage and competitive disadvantage in the other dairy product categories. Australia's competitors in the Thai market (New Zealand, and the selected EU countries) have comparative and competitive advantages in most of the dairy products. These results suggest that Australian dairy exporting companies and policy makers could focus on increasing the volumes of all of the dairy products exported to Thailand, except milk condensed and evaporated. The results from the estimation of econometric models of Thailand's demand for Australia's exports of milk dry shows that in the short run, the quantity of Australia's milk dry exports demanded in Thailand declines when Australia's export price relative to that of competing countries increases, while it is not responsive to Thailand's real national income. In the long run, the quantity of Australia's milk dry exports demanded in Thailand declines when Australia's export price relative to that of competing countries' price increases. The estimated long run price elasticity of export demand is -2.76. In the long run, the quantity of Australia's milk dry exports demanded in Thailand does not change significantly in response to changes in Thailand's real national income. In the short run, the quantity of Australia's butter exports demanded in Thailand falls when Australia's export price relative to that of competing countries increases, but it is not responsive to Thailand's real national income. The quantity of Australia's butter exports demanded in Thailand declines when the Thai baht depreciates against the Australian dollar. In the long run, the quantity of Australia's butter exports demanded in Thailand decreases when Australia's export price relative to that of competing countries' price increases. The estimated long run relative price elasticity of demand is -1.13. In the long run, the quantity of Australia's butter exports demanded in Thailand does not change significantly in response to changes in Thailand's real national income. The quantity of Australia's butter exports demanded in Thailand declines when the Thai baht depreciates against the Australian dollar. The estimated long run exchange rate elasticity of demand is -6.34. In the short run, the quantity of Australia's cheese and curd exports demanded in Thailand is not responsive either to the relative price of exports or to Thailand's real national income. In the long run the quantity of Australia's cheese and curd exports demanded in Thailand changes significantly in response to changes in Thailand's real national income. The estimated long run income elasticity of demand is 1.84. During the interviews, the export managers of Australian dairy export companies agreed that Thailand is a significant importer of Australia's dairy products, particularly for SMP, WMP, whey powder, butter and cheese. Thailand's stable economic and political environment is one of the reasons that they are attracted to the Thai market. The principal factors that make Australia's products successful in the Thai market are competitive price and 'clean, green and natural' products. However, limited Australian dairy product varieties and distribution channels are major factors that contribute to Australia falling behind New Zealand and the EU in the Thai market. The Australian dairy Corporation (ADC) is not involved in promoting Australian dairy products in the Thai market at present, but has done so in the past. Thailand's tariff and import quota protection and support to local dairying industry is one of the barriers encountered by Australia's exports to Thailand. All the managers are hopeful of expanding opportunities for their dairy exports in the Thai market. These findings imply that Australian dairy export companies could expand the dairy product varieties they export and offer for sale in the Thai market. They could also take advantage of the established sales distribution network in addition to exploring the possibilities of setting up their own distribution channels. They could be looking into the possibilities of setting up of joint ventures with local dairy processing companies in Thailand so that their dairy exports could be expanded. The Australian dairy export companies as well as the ADC have to actively promote in various ways the Australian dairy product exports in the Thai market in order to take advantage of the window of opportunities open to them within the trade liberalisation framework of the Australia-Thailand free trade agreement (FTA).
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"Organization failure in denial?: a comparative case study of infant milk powder product safety crises in commission situation in mainland China." 2012. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5549166.
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2008年三鹿三聚氰胺毒奶粉事件震驚國內外，該事件導致六名嬰兒腎結石死亡，逾三萬嬰幼兒從此生活在各種腎疾病的陰霾之下。此後奶產品安全問題尋出不窮，對國內奶產業造成嚴重的負面影響，令消費者對整個國內奶產業信心下降。事實上，在很多奶產品安全的危機中，遭受質疑的企業組織最後均被政府的檢測結果證實是無辜的。在危機中，組織的形象受到威脅，組織需通過不同的方法進行自我辯護。現存的文獻提出，危機溝通策略和組織對責任承擔的態度是兩個影響公眾對組織信心和媒體報導語調的重要因素。組織類型（國有或外資）也會影響公眾對組織的信心和媒體報導語調。過往研究也發現，公眾對組織的信心與媒體報導語調之間存在正相關的聯繫。此研究通過對兩個犯行危機情景的案例研究（2009多美滋危機事件和2010聖元危機事件），目的在於評估危機溝通策略的效用，同時也探討在不同的階段中危機溝通策略、組織責任承擔、組織類型、公眾對組織的信心和媒體報導語調之間的關係。研究成果發現文獻建議之在不同階段的最佳策略和組織責任承擔對公眾對組織的信心和媒體報導語調均無重要影響。然而，使用越少藉口和越多提供信息策略的組織贏得更多公眾信心，從而提升正面媒體報導。研究也發現，外企在第一和第二階段報導更正面，但最後國企反而取得正面的媒體報導。另外，組織類型與階段對組織選取策略與組織責任承擔均有影響。本研究結果顯示西方危機處理理論在低信任度社會如中國等未必適用。研究一方面透過更複雜的情境角度，進一步加深對現有危機傳播文獻的理解，例如引入不同階段的概念來評估危機管理的成效，另一方面也為在低信任社會中的奶產業企業提供有效的危機管理建議。Sanlu Melamine-contaminated Milk Scandal, the frequent outbreak of dairy product safety crises had a severe impact on the domestic dairy industry, resulting in a general loss of the consumers' confidence in the entire domestic dairy industry. In fact, in many crises the crisis-ridden organizations were eventually proven innocent by governmental departments. During a crisis, an organization's image is threatened, so that various communicative entities are used to defend this image. Based on the existing literature, this study aims at evaluating the effectiveness of crisis communicative strategies (CCSs) as well as investigating the relationships among CCSs, organization responsibility acceptance, organization ownership type (domestically owned or foreign-invested), confidence in organization and media coverage in different stages during the crisis by comparing the Dumex case in 2009 and the Synutra case in 2010. The results found that the posited optimal CCS in a particular stage and organization responsibility acceptance generally did not have significant effects on confidence in organization or media image coverage. However, the findings revealed that the less excuses and the more information providing strategies were employed, the higher the stakeholders' confidence in organization would be, which in turn significantly increased the positive image coverage. Certain CCSs, i.e., diversion, no response, also showed significant direct effects on media coverage. Moreover, foreign-invested organization appeared to enjoy favorable image coverage in Stage 1 and Stage 2, but domestically owned organization surpassed it in the last stage. Organization ownership type and stages also had significant impacts on the choices of CCSs and degree of organization responsibility acceptance. Stage was also a significant negative predictor of confidence in organization but not for media coverage. This study on one hand revealed that the western crisis management theory might not be accommodative to the low-trust context in mainland China and thus theoretically further the understanding of existing crisis communication literature in a more complex contextual perspective through integrating stages as a significant time factor into the evaluation of crisis management. On the other hand it also pragmatically provides useful suggestions on effective crisis strategic management to dairy corporate in low-trust societies.
Detailed summary in vernacular field only.
Huang, Peiyi.
Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2012.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 159-177).
Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web.
Abstracts also in Chinese; appendixes in Chinese.
ABSTRACT (English version) --- p.i
ABSTRACT (Chinese version) --- p.iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.v
TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.ix
Chapter 1. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1
Chapter 2. --- CONCEPTUALIZATION --- p.9
Chapter 2.1 --- Crisis Management --- p.9
Crisis --- p.9
Crisis Management --- p.11
Chapter 2.2 --- Outcome: Media Image Coverage --- p.14
Chapter 2.3 --- Time Factor: Stages --- p.16
Chapter 2.4 --- Strategic Factors --- p.20
Crisis Communicative Strategies (CCSs) --- p.20
Organization Responsibility Acceptance --- p.46
Chapter 2.5 --- Organizational Factor: Organization Ownership Type --- p.50
Chapter 2.6 --- Mediator: Confidence in Organization --- p.52
Chapter 2.7 --- Research Framework, Hypotheses and Research Questions --- p.55
Chapter 3. --- METHODOLOGY --- p.58
Chapter 3.1 --- Case Selection --- p.58
Case --- p.58
Design --- p.61
Chapter 3.2 --- Content Analysis --- p.65
Data Collection --- p.65
Data Coding --- p.67
Inter-coder Reliability --- p.70
Chapter 4. --- RESULTS --- p.71
Chapter 4.1 --- Basic Sample Information --- p.71
Chapter 4.2 --- Hypothesis Tests of Two Individual Cases --- p.71
Case 1 (Dumex) --- p.73
Chapter tCase 2 (Synutra) --- p.86
Chapter 4.3 --- The Overall Results of Cases and Research Questions --- p.91
Media Valance --- p.92
Research Question 1 --- p.95
Research Question 2 --- p.99
Research Question 3 --- p.107
Chapter 4.4 --- Summary of the Findings --- p.116
Chapter 5. --- DISCUSSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS --- p.126
Chapter 5.1 --- Stage as A Complex Concept --- p.126
Controlling Other Dangers in a Dynamics Crisis --- p.127
The Role of Governmental Intervention in a Low-trust Society --- p.129
Chapter 5.2 --- Effects of CCSs on Media Image Coverage inLow-trust Society --- p.132
Chapter 5.3 --- Mediating Effects of Confidence in Organization --- p.139
Chapter 5.4 --- Suggestions of Applications of CCSs in Low-trust Society --- p.141
Chapter 5.5 --- Limit Predictive Power of Organization Responsibility Acceptance --- p.148
Chapter 5.6 --- Effects of Organization Ownership Type --- p.150
Chapter 6. --- LIMITATIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS --- p.154
Chapter 7. --- REFERENCES --- p.159
Chapter 8. --- APPENDIXES --- p.178
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Miroro, Obadia Okinda. "A realist explanation of long run development interventions contexts, adaptations and outcomes of dairy improvement in Kenya." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/11119.
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Despite continued pursuit of development interventions to improve people’s livelihoods and reduce poverty, intended and actual outcomes of developments interventions may differ. Some scholars attribute this variation to flawed conceptualisation of development interventions while others view this divergence as evidence that implementation processes are complex and actual outcomes result from adaptations of the interventions by actors. To move beyond the discursive approaches to analysis of development interventions, this thesis addresses the question how do actors adapt them, why and with what outcomes in the long run? Empirically, it looks at how project officers and farmers adapted the National Dairy Development Project (NDDP), a dairy intervention implemented in Kenya between 1980 and 1995, and its long run outcomes. The intervention promoted zero grazing, intensive management of dairy cattle whose implementation by farmers was expected to increase land productivity as a means to address land scarcity, increase milk production and reduce poverty through generation of incomes from milk sales.
The methodology of this thesis links mechanisms, contexts, and outcomes, three elements of realist explanation, to understand adaptations and outcomes of development interventions. Through thematic synthesis of in-depth interviews and analysis of project documents, this thesis explains adaptations and long run outcomes of the NDDP. Findings reveal that developers and farmers adapted several components of the intervention. With close reference to context, incentives and continuity pressures, this thesis utilises intervention effectiveness and matching mechanisms to explain how project officers adapted the NDDP. Further, through fit and resistance mechanisms, this thesis explains how farmers adapted zero grazing in the context of inadequate fodder, labour shortage and lack of resources to invest in dairy. In the long run, findings show that the intervention diminished as evident in coexistence of indigenous and modern dairy technologies and non-implementation of any dairy technologies by farmers. Despite adaptations of zero grazing by project officers and farmers, intensification of dairy cattle management has diminished in the context of resource constraints, neoliberal policies and labour shortage. Consequently, the objective to increase land productivity through intensive dairy cattle management, the rationale for initiation of the intervention, remains unresolved.Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2014.
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Chari, Felix. "The assessment of disaster risk reduction strategies in dairy supply chains in Zimbabwe." Thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10321/2524.
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Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Technology: Public Management, Durban University of Technology, 2017.Disasters are on the increase globally with devastating effects. The devastation caused by these disasters in various countries highlights the need for increased commitment and investment, by government and various stakeholders, in disaster risk reduction. This study investigated disaster risk reduction strategies in Zimbabwe’s dairy supply chains. The study was initiated on the premise that Zimbabwe is at high risk and vulnerable to natural and man-made hazards. The study is set in the backdrop of declining output across all agricultural sectors evident particularly in the dairy farming sector that has seen inadequate supply of raw milk and dairy products by local producers in Zimbabwe. This study therefore sought to assess the collaborative strategies by government, dairy organisations and dairy supply chain stakeholders to reduce disaster risks in the dairy industry. The study employed a mixed-method approach (qualitative and quantitative) to investigate collaborative disaster risk reduction strategies used by dairy supply chain stakeholders to avoid supply chain disruptions. The study used a sample size of 92 dairy farmers, from major milk producing regions of Zimbabwe, for the questionnaire. The Cronbach alpha test for reliability showed a reliable questionnaire. Furthermore, the study used information from key informants, 30 retailers and 20 dairy officers for one-on-one interviews. Quantitative data was analysed using STATA (version 13). OLS regression analysis was done and results were compared with those of the Tobit models as a test for robustness of the results. Qualitative data was analysed using thematic analysis derived from observations and interviews and descriptive statistics presented in tables and bar charts. Notable in the literature reviewed is lack of coordination amongst stakeholders in strategies to reduce disaster risks in dairy supply chains in Zimbabwe. This study adopted a collaborative proactive framework and tested it as a strategy to reduce disaster risks in dairy supply chains. The study gives four major findings. Firstly, dairy supply chains in Zimbabwe were exposed to a number of risks which are: international competition, competition from local giants, financial risks, political risks, technological risks, environmental risks and production risks. Secondly, findings from regression analysis indicated that an overall index of disaster risks significantly influenced job losses, food security, milk productivity and growth of ventures in dairy businesses. Thirdly, there were isolated cases of planned coordination by stakeholders in the industry to reduce the negative effects of disasters across the supply chain. There was collaboration among dairy farmers, processors, NGOs, and government departments of agriculture and environment. Fourthly, an index of collaborative strategies regressed against dependent variables of variables of supply chain cost, lead time milk sales, and variety and quality of milk demonstrated that collaborative strategies in dairy supply chain significantly influenced supply chain costs and variety and quality of milk and milk products. It is expected that the study will assist government in the formulation of public policies for the dairy sector leading to improved access to high quality raw milk and milk products for consumers thus resulting in improved nutrition and food security for the people of Zimbabwe. Policy recommendations highlight that instead of the current maximum of the 5 year lease given to white commercial farmers, the government should consider issuing out long term leases in order to protect long-term investment in dairy projects. Government should, therefore, create an enabling environment for stakeholder partnerships in the dairy sector.
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