Quality based payment program and milk quality in dairy cooperatives of Southern Brazil: an econometric analysis

Programs designed to enhance milk quality have been used to motivate dairy farmers to improve the quality of the raw milk they produce.The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between a milk quality payment program and four indicative variables of milk quality, by testing bulk tank somatic cell count (SCC), bulk tank total bacter

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Developing Knowledge, competences and a research stance in initial teacher education in the Post-Bologna context: Reflections on the Portuguese case

This article draws on empirical work and reflections on initial teacher bostik mvp education after the implementation of the Bologna process in Portugal in 2008/2009.It focuses on issues of knowledge and competences developed under the new legal framework, particularly as far as the research component is concerned.As initial teacher education occur

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