Family Farms Sustainability in Rural Semi-arid Areas: Case of Bargou-Siliana in Tunisia

Nasr, Jamel Ben; Snoussi, Chaima; Chaar, Hatem

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-76081-6_89

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“…In order to evaluate the sustainability of farms based on the different methods and strategies used in management, a grid was developed to evaluate the sustainability of livestock farms in steppe regions. This was mainly based on the IDEA (“Indicateurs de Durabilité des Exploitations Agricoles“ = “Farm Sustainability Indicators”), which is a method that simultaneously evaluates the three levels of sustainability (agro-ecological, economic, and socio-territorial) [ 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 ], defined as a tool to assess the sustainability of a farm. It is multidimensional and serves as a decision aid; however, some modifications and adaptations were made in order to optimize the indicators to the context of sheep farms in the Algerian steppe ( Table 2 ) without changing the components of each scale, nor their annotations.…”

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Sustainability Evaluation of Pastoral Livestock Systems

Ouali

Belhouadjeb²,

Soufan

et al. 2023

Animals

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In order to manage important transformations affecting a steppe area, it is necessary to analyze the existing pastoral system by evaluating the sustainability of its subsystems of production. For this reason, in this study, a tool for the evaluation of the sustainability of livestock production in the steppe area was used in order to identify the most sustainable systems. The study was conducted using a survey of 87 livestock farmers (production units) in the region ranked first in terms of sheep production. Principal component analysis (PCA) enabled us to identify two production systems: (i) the pastoral production system, characterized by the mobility of livestock and its high dependence on concentrated feed; (ii) the agropastoral system, combining fodder and livestock production, which is sedentary and semi-extensive. Using a grid for evaluating the sustainability of livestock systems in steppe regions, the impact of each system on the environment (environmental, economic, and social) was examined, and the results showed that the feed system was unbalanced, with high pressure on steppe rangelands. Nevertheless, multiple ways of improving these systems emerged from the analysis, such as encouraging the production of fodder and its association with livestock, on new spatial, temporal, regional, and national levels.

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Sustainability Evaluation of Pastoral Livestock Systems

Ouali

Belhouadjeb²,

Soufan

et al. 2023

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“…The latter does not only involve an extremely important transformation of the ecologically based concept of physical sustainability to the context of social and economic development. It implies the necessity for a holistic approach to integrate some basic principles of sustainability that have been developed in economics as well as in ecology (Hediger, 2006;Nasr et al, 2022).…”

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Sustainable Development and Changes in the Education System

Trifunović,

Žikić

2023

Technogenesis, Green Economy and Sustainable Development

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This paper discusses the changes in the education system that are shifting towards models founded on collaboration between educational institutions and businesses. Moreover, these models are built upon new technologies, digitization, lifelong learning, sustainable development, and innovative educational approaches, with the goal of aligning the education system as much as possible with the demands of the economy. The research findings outlined in the paper demonstrate the level of collaboration between educational institutions and businesses, the pace of investment in human resources for further education and training, perspectives regarding sustainable development, as well as predictions regarding future directions and trends in development.

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Family Farms Sustainability in Rural Semi-arid Areas: Case of Bargou-Siliana in Tunisia

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Sustainability Evaluation of Pastoral Livestock Systems

Sustainability Evaluation of Pastoral Livestock Systems

Sustainable Development and Changes in the Education System

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