Characterization of dairy sheep farms in the Serra da Estrela PDO region

Sheep farming plays a key role in the sustainability of the most depressed rural regions of Portugal, particularly in the Serra da Estrela region, and is recognized as an important source of income for many local farmers. Thus, the management of local sheep breeds in the region has over generations...

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Autores principales:	Monteiro António, Santos Sérgio
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Publicado:	De Gruyter 2021
Materias:	sheep farming serra da estrela cheese pdo region portugal Agriculture S Agriculture (General) S1-972
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4a289838d88a4d97868eb33986f324082021-12-05T14:10:59ZCharacterization of dairy sheep farms in the Serra da Estrela PDO region2391-953110.1515/opag-2021-0024https://doaj.org/article/4a289838d88a4d97868eb33986f324082021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1515/opag-2021-0024https://doaj.org/toc/2391-9531Sheep farming plays a key role in the sustainability of the most depressed rural regions of Portugal, particularly in the Serra da Estrela region, and is recognized as an important source of income for many local farmers. Thus, the management of local sheep breeds in the region has over generations given rise to its most emblematic product: Serra da Estrela cheese, with Protected Designation of Origin (PDO). This study aims to briefly describe the sheep farms producing certified milk in the Serra da Estrela region. To this end, a survey form was drawn up and applied to 75 farms, randomly selected, from the defined geographical area of Serra da Estrela, from June to August 2020. The results show that the producers, mostly male, have an average age close to 51 years. On average, the herd size is equal to or greater than 100 animals and the daily milk production per animal varies between 0.47 and 1.0 L. The price of milk paid to the producer is, on average, at 1.25 Euros/L. Both the average herd size and the lactation length are higher than those described by others. The average daily milk production in most of these farms is in accordance with the standard average value related by other authors.Monteiro AntónioSantos SérgioDe Gruyterarticlesheep farmingserra da estrelacheesepdo regionportugalAgricultureSAgriculture (General)S1-972ENOpen Agriculture, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 426-434 (2021)
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description	Sheep farming plays a key role in the sustainability of the most depressed rural regions of Portugal, particularly in the Serra da Estrela region, and is recognized as an important source of income for many local farmers. Thus, the management of local sheep breeds in the region has over generations given rise to its most emblematic product: Serra da Estrela cheese, with Protected Designation of Origin (PDO). This study aims to briefly describe the sheep farms producing certified milk in the Serra da Estrela region. To this end, a survey form was drawn up and applied to 75 farms, randomly selected, from the defined geographical area of Serra da Estrela, from June to August 2020. The results show that the producers, mostly male, have an average age close to 51 years. On average, the herd size is equal to or greater than 100 animals and the daily milk production per animal varies between 0.47 and 1.0 L. The price of milk paid to the producer is, on average, at 1.25 Euros/L. Both the average herd size and the lactation length are higher than those described by others. The average daily milk production in most of these farms is in accordance with the standard average value related by other authors.
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title	Characterization of dairy sheep farms in the Serra da Estrela PDO region
title_short	Characterization of dairy sheep farms in the Serra da Estrela PDO region
title_full	Characterization of dairy sheep farms in the Serra da Estrela PDO region
title_fullStr	Characterization of dairy sheep farms in the Serra da Estrela PDO region
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Characterization of dairy sheep farms in the Serra da Estrela PDO region

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