Editorial: Agroecology for producing goods and services in sustainable animal farming systems

Dumont, Bertrand; Bernués, A.

doi:10.1017/s1751731114001554

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“…Hence, the economic profitability of these integrated crop-livestock systems as defined by ecological principles is not related to the diversity of production or animal productivity, but to the low dependency on off-farm inputs [86,87]. Furthermore, the diversity of production enhances the farms' flexibility [88].…”

Section: Resilience Of Lagune Cattle Farmsmentioning

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Diversity and Resilience to Socio-Ecological Changes of Smallholder Lagune Cattle Farming Systems of Benin

Ahozonlin

Dossa

2020

Sustainability

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The indigenous smallholder Lagune breed and the production systems in which it is embedded in Southern Benin have received very little research or policy attention. Consequently, very little information exists on the diversity of these production systems or on their capacity to adapt to ongoing socio-economic and environmental changes. This study aimed to explore and characterize the diversity of Lagune cattle production systems along with farmers’ local knowledge and resilience strategies. A questionnaire was administered to 417 Lagune cattle farmers across two agro-ecological zones: Ouémé Valley (OVZ) and Pobe (PZ). It included, inter alia, questions related to households’ socio-economic conditions, their cattle herd characteristics, and management practices. Categorical principal component analysis and the two-step clustering method were used to classify the production systems which were then compared using the chi-square and ANOVA procedures. Four distinct farm types were identified. This study revealed the important role of agroecology in the diversity of farmers’ breeding practices. Controlled mating was more common in tethering systems whereas uncontrolled mating, widespread in free-roaming systems, has favored Lagune breed admixture with zebus. Opportunities for conserving the genetic diversity within the Lagune breed might be greater in PZ where breed admixture was almost inexistent.

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Section: Resilience Of Lagune Cattle Farmsmentioning

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Diversity and Resilience to Socio-Ecological Changes of Smallholder Lagune Cattle Farming Systems of Benin

Ahozonlin

Dossa

2020

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“…Les systèmes fondés sur le pâturage sont considérés comme des systèmes multifonctionnels et robustes (Dumont et Bernués, 2014). Hormis pour les transhumants, le pâturage sur chaume est devenu important.…”

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Les systèmes d’élevage de petits ruminants en Tunisie Centrale : stratégies différenciées et adaptations aux transformations du territoire

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Résumé -En Tunisie centrale, l'élevage ovin reste très présent, malgré les nombreuses perturbations auxquelles il fait face depuis les années 1970 : aléas climatiques, évolutions socio-économiques et culturelles, développement des cultures. Ces évolutions entraînent une diminution des ressources issues des parcours. Il s'agit de comprendre comment des familles maintiennent une activité d'élevage dans ce contexte. L'étude a été menée grâce à une enquête réalisée en 2012-2013 chez 60 éleveurs. Quatre systèmes d'élevage ont été identifiés. Trois systèmes reposent sur l'élevage de brebis et la production d'agneaux plus ou moins finis. Les « pasteurs transhumants » utilisent la mobilité à grande distance pour accéder à des parcours de végétation spontanée, gérés par l'État. Les « agriculteurs-éleveurs » utilisent le pâturage des chaumes et d'autres ressources issues des terres cultivées, ce qui leur donne une plus grande capacité d'adaptation face aux changements. Les « pluriactifs » se révèlent les plus affectés par l'occupation des terres par les cultures, au détriment des parcours dont leur élevage dépend encore. Dans ces systèmes naisseurs, une forte proportion d'éleveurs pense diminuer leurs effectifs, voire même abandonner l'activité d'élevage, face aux difficultés qu'ils rencontrent. Un quatrième système, les « négociants-engraisseurs », s'est fortement développé, fondé sur l'engraissement au grain d'agneaux achetés, sans élevage de brebis. Cette activité est rentable à court terme, mais s'avère toutefois vulnérable face aux variations des prix des compléments alimentaires.Mots clés : système / typologie / pratique / pâturage / ovins / Maghreb Abstract -Sheep breeding in Central Tunisia: varied strategies and adaptations to changes in land use. Sheep breeding in central Tunisia remains widespread, despite the many problems it had to face since the 1970s: climate hazards, socio-economic and cultural changes and the development of cropped area. These changes have led to a decrease in forage resources from rangelands. The aim of this study was to understand how families are able to maintain sheep breeding in such a context. The study involved a survey among a sample of 60 farmers in 2012-2013. We identified four types of livestock systems. Three types are based on the raising of ewes and the production of lean or fat lambs. "Transhumant pastoralists" are using long-distance mobility to access rangelands with wild vegetation, managed by the State. "Crop-Livestock" farmers use stubble for pasture, along with other resources derived from farmed land and have a greater adaptive capacity to cope with changes. Multiactive families are the most affected by the extension of crops at the expense of rangelands. For these three systems, many farmers are thinking of decreasing their number of ewes or even giving up sheep farming, due to the difficulties they face. A fourth "trader-fattener" system is strongly developing, based on fattening purchased lean lambs with grain, without raising ewes. This activity is profitable in ...

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“…As Fouilleux et al (2017) affirm, it is not necessary to endorse the currently dominant productivist agricultural models based on genetically modified organisms and mineral fertilizers to feed nine billion people. Agricultural alternatives already exists, as suggested by the agroecology literature, even if, as Dumont and Bernuès (2014) note, it has so far devoted little attention to animal production systems.…”

Section: Theoretical Implications For Evaluation Researchmentioning

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Neoliberalism and the Emergence of Private Sustainability Initiatives: The Case of the Brazilian Cattle Value Chain

Gueneau

2018

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Recent studies have examined the political significance of the emergence of governmental initiatives to develop sustainability standards for agricultural commodities in the transition economies. Yet, few studies have examined how neoliberal ideas influence the governance of value chains in the agri-food sector of these countries. This paper's goal is to explore the changing role of the state in sustainable cattle value chain governance in Brazil, through a methodology of participant observation of the Brazilian Roundtable on Sustainable Livestock (GTPS). The results describe the technologies used to govern the cattle value chain, which involves a private action controlled at a distance by the state that is aimed at making products acceptable on world markets. This neoliberal governmentality does not address some crucial sustainability issues of the cattle value chain. The findings call for an extension of evaluation methods so that more attention can be devoted to alternative cattle production systems.

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Editorial: Agroecology for producing goods and services in sustainable animal farming systems

Cited by 11 publications

References 22 publications

Diversity and Resilience to Socio-Ecological Changes of Smallholder Lagune Cattle Farming Systems of Benin

Diversity and Resilience to Socio-Ecological Changes of Smallholder Lagune Cattle Farming Systems of Benin

Les systèmes d’élevage de petits ruminants en Tunisie Centrale : stratégies différenciées et adaptations aux transformations du territoire

Neoliberalism and the Emergence of Private Sustainability Initiatives: The Case of the Brazilian Cattle Value Chain

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