Tendencias y alternativas de la producción de leche en Asturias

Abstract

The sharp decline in the number of dairy farms and the growth in production of the remaining farms have brought about a concentration of dairy production that depends on the intensification processes of farms and increasingly dissociates the production from the area in which it is carried out. The economic viability of intensification strategies is increasingly questioned and the virtues of extensive systems are being rediscovered. These are more ecological and sustainable and are more connected to the society and economics of their immediate environment. The specific case of organic dairy production is explored here as a limited but interesting alternative to the conventional model.