Trop Anim Health Prod (2014) 46:1419–1426 DOI 10.1007/s11250-014-0658-6
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Effects of dairy husbandry practices and farm types on raw milk quality collected by different categories of dairy processors in the Peruvian Andes Eduardo Fuentes & Joe Bogue & Carlos Gómez & Jorge Vargas & Pierre-Yves Le Gal
Received: 11 May 2014 / Accepted: 11 August 2014 / Published online: 30 August 2014 # Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
Abstract In developing countries, milk quality is often mismanaged in relation to husbandry practices, collection logistics, and the production of small batches. This paper investigates how the management of milk quality from farm to dairy processor impacts on both chemical and hygienic indicators, in a context characterized by farm scale diversity, the co-existence of formal and informal markets, and high milk demand. It is based on an analysis of the chemical and hygienic quality of milk samples collected over a 12-month period from 20 farms and three dairy processors. Data from the farmers’ husbandry practices and the logistics of milk collection were also collected. A large range of quality profiles and farming practices were observed. This diversity is explained by rainfall and temperature pattern, farm size which affects hygienic quality, and lack of efficient logistics between farms and dairy processors. The findings indicate that in a context of high demand for milk and poor private and public regulations, milk quality is impacted upon by poor stakeholders’ management practices.
Keywords Farmer . Feeding . Milking . Logistics . Peru
E. Fuentes (*) : P.
REGULAR ARTICLES
Effects of dairy husbandry practices and farm types on raw milk quality collected by different categories of dairy processors in the Peruvian Andes Eduardo Fuentes & Joe Bogue & Carlos Gómez & Jorge Vargas & Pierre-Yves Le Gal
Received: 11 May 2014 / Accepted: 11 August 2014 / Published online: 30 August 2014 # Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
Abstract In developing countries, milk quality is often mismanaged in relation to husbandry practices, collection logistics, and the production of small batches. This paper investigates how the management of milk quality from farm to dairy processor impacts on both chemical and hygienic indicators, in a context characterized by farm scale diversity, the co-existence of formal and informal markets, and high milk demand. It is based on an analysis of the chemical and hygienic quality of milk samples collected over a 12-month period from 20 farms and three dairy processors. Data from the farmers’ husbandry practices and the logistics of milk collection were also collected. A large range of quality profiles and farming practices were observed. This diversity is explained by rainfall and temperature pattern, farm size which affects hygienic quality, and lack of efficient logistics between farms and dairy processors. The findings indicate that in a context of high demand for milk and poor private and public regulations, milk quality is impacted upon by poor stakeholders’ management practices.
Keywords Farmer . Feeding . Milking . Logistics . Peru
E. Fuentes (*) : P.
