The Walloon farmers position differently their ideal dairy production system between a global-based intensive and a local-based extensive model of farm ; Les producteurs laitiers wallons se positionnent différemment quant à leur système de production idéal entre un modèle de ferme intensif produisant pour un marché mondial et un modèle extensif produisant pour un marché local

peer reviewed ; Dairy farming systems are evolving. This study presents dairy producers’ perceptions of their ideal future farm (IFF) to ensure revenue, and attempts to determine the reasons for this choice, the environmental aspects related to this choice, the proximity between the current farm and the IFF and the requirements for reaching this IFF. Just before the end of the European milk quota, a total of 245 Walloon dairy producers answered a survey about the characteristics of their IFF and other socio-environmental-economic information. A multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) was carrie... Mehr ...