Can the use of digital technology improve the cow milk productivity in large dairy herds? Evidence from China's Shandong Province

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dc.citation.volume6
dc.contributor.authorQi Y
dc.contributor.authorHan J
dc.contributor.authorShadbolt NM
dc.contributor.authorZhang Q
dc.contributor.editorNaseer MAUR
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-03T01:30:59Z
dc.date.available2024-12-03T01:30:59Z
dc.date.issued2022-12-02
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Improving milk productivity is essential for ensuring sustainable food production. However, the increasing difficulty of supervision and management, which is associated with farm size, is one of the major factors causing the inverse relationship between size and productivity. Digital technology, which has grown in popularity in recent years, can effectively substitute for manual labor and significantly improve farmers' monitoring and management capacities, potentially addressing the inverse relationship. Methods: Based on data from a survey of farms in Shandong Province in 2020, this paper employs a two-stage least squares regression model to estimate the impact of herd size on dairy cow productivity and investigate how the adoption of digital technology has altered the impact of herd size on dairy cow productivity. Results: According to the findings, there is a significant and negative impact of herd size on milk productivity for China's dairy farms. By accurately monitoring and identifying the time of estrus, coupled with timely insemination, digital technology can mitigate the negative impact of herd size on milk productivity per cow. Discussion: To increase dairy cow productivity in China, the government should promote both small-scale dairy farming and focus on enhancing management capacities of farm operators, as well as large-scale dairy farms and increase the adoption of digital technologies.
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dc.edition.edition2022
dc.identifier.citationQi Y, Han J, Shadbolt NM, Zhang Q. (2022). Can the use of digital technology improve the cow milk productivity in large dairy herds? Evidence from China's Shandong Province. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 6.
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fsufs.2022.1083906
dc.identifier.eissn2571-581X
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.number1083906
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/72161
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherFrontiers Media S.A.
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-food-systems/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2022.1083906/full
dc.relation.isPartOfFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
dc.rights(c) 2022 The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectherd size
dc.subjectmilk production
dc.subjectproductivity
dc.subjectdigital technology
dc.subjectlarge-scale farms
dc.subjectsustainable foods production
dc.titleCan the use of digital technology improve the cow milk productivity in large dairy herds? Evidence from China's Shandong Province
dc.typeJournal article
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