Impact of intensification of different types of livestock production in smallholder crop-livestock systems

Udo, H.M.J.; Aklilu, Helen; Phong, L.T.; Bosma, R.H.; Budisatria, I Gede Suparta; Patil, B.R.; Samdup, Tashi; Bebe, Bockline Omedo

doi:10.1016/j.livsci.2011.03.020

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“…Current practices of grazing livestock on harvested fields (and other free grazing practices) would need to be addressed at the same time, and there may also be implications for women's labour requirements, for example. Increased soil degradation and subsequent loss of crop yield can result from this practice (Udo et al 2011). Many smallholder agroecosystems already have a high demand for crop biomass for feed and fuel.…”

Section: Crop Residue Managementmentioning

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A Qualitative Evaluation of CSA Options in Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems in Developing Countries

Thornton

Rosenstock

Förch³

et al. 2017

Climate Smart Agriculture

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The mixed crop-livestock systems of the developing world will become increasingly important for meeting the food security challenges of the coming decades. The synergies and trade-offs between food security, adaptation, and mitigation objectives are not well studied, however. Comprehensive evaluations of the costs and benefits, and the synergies and trade-offs, of different options in developing-country mixed systems do not exist as yet.Here we summarise what we know about the climate smartness of different alternatives in the mixed croplivestock systems in developing countries, based on published literature supplemented by a survey of experts. We discuss constraints to the uptake of different interventions and the potential for their adoption, and highlight some of the technical and policy implications of current knowledge and knowledge gaps.

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Section: Crop Residue Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Qualitative Evaluation of CSA Options in Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems in Developing Countries

Thornton

Rosenstock

Förch³

et al. 2017

Climate Smart Agriculture

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“…However, traditional livestock farming systems in these regions are experiencing an intensification process (Bernué s et al, 2005;Ryschawy et al, 2012), triggered by multiple economic and social factors, with the aim to increase productivity and improve the livelihoods of rural households (Udo et al, 2011). In Spain, many sheep farms have intensified the production system (Pardos et al, 2008) through the intensification of arable land (Stoate et al, 2001), reduction or abandonment of grazing, augmentation of indoor feeding (Oregui and Falagá n, 2006) and substitution of on-farm natural resources with external inputs (Riedel et al, 2007).…”

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Role of self-sufficiency, productivity and diversification on the economic sustainability of farming systems with autochthonous sheep breeds in less favoured areas in Southern Europe

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Bernués

2014

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Traditional mixed livestock cereal-and pasture-based sheep farming systems in Europe are threatened by intensification and specialisation processes. However, the intensification process does not always yield improved economic results or efficiency. This study involved a group of farmers that raised an autochthonous sheep breed (Ojinegra de Teruel) in an unfavourable area of North-East Spain. This study aimed to typify the farms and elucidate the existing links between economic performance and certain sustainability indicators (i.e. productivity, self-sufficiency and diversification). Information was obtained through direct interviews with 30 farms (73% of the farmers belonging to the breeders association). Interviews were conducted in 2009 and involved 32 indicators regarding farm structure, management and economic performance. With a principal component analysis, three factors were obtained explaining 77.9% of the original variance. This factors were named as inputs/self-sufficiency, which included the use of on-farm feeds, the amount of variable costs per ewe and economic performance; productivity, which included lamb productivity and economic autonomy; and productive orientation, which included the degree of specialisation in production. A cluster analysis identified the following four groups of farms: high-input intensive system; low-input self-sufficient system; specialised livestock system; and diversified crops-livestock system. In conclusion, despite the large variability between and within groups, the following factors that explain the economic profitability of farms were identified: (i) high feed self-sufficiency and low variable costs enhance the economic performance (per labour unit) of the farms; (ii) animal productivity reduces subsidy dependence, but does not necessarily imply better economic performance; and (iii) diversity of production enhances farm flexibility, but is not related to economic performance.

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“…Ce constat n'est pas spécifique aux PEF bovins de la zone d'étudiée, comme l'ont montré les études sur les stratégies des exploitations familiales (McDermott et al, 2010 ;Udo et al, 2011) et sur le rôle-clé de la capacité d'autofinancement dans la réussite des projets des producteurs (Vall et al, 2007).…”

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Fragilité des projets d’élevage familiaux dans les exploitations de polyculture-élevage au Burkina Faso

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Résumé -Dans les exploitations de polyculture-élevage du Burkina Faso, les producteurs ont des difficultés à mettre en oeuvre des projets d'élevage familiaux (PEF) qui répondent à leurs attentes en termes de revenus et de services. La présente étude vise à rechercher et à expliquer les causes de ces faiblesses. L'étude a été réalisée dans l'Ouest du Burkina Faso sur des PEF concernant des bovins. Elle a permis de montrer que tous les producteurs avaient des idées de PEF en tête. Un suivi a été réalisé sur des PEF de bovins de trait, de bovins à l'engraissement et de vaches laitières durant les étapes de conception puis d'exécution des PEF. Il en ressort que la majorité des PEF ont échoué avant même leur mise en oeuvre, par manque de réalisme et de préparation. Ceux mis en place présentaient d'importantes faiblesses dans la maîtrise de l'alimentation, ce qui diminuait leur rentabilité. Ce diagnostic a permis d'établir les principes d'une démarche de conception pas à pas des PEF impliquant fortement le producteur, lui permettant de mieux calibrer et de mieux préparer le PEF, et de mieux gérer l'alimentation des animaux durant la mise en oeuvre du PEF. Mots clés : projets d'élevage familiaux / conception / alimentation / Burkina FasoAbstract -Fragility of family livestock projects in mixed farming systems in Burkina Faso. In mixed farming systems in Burkina Faso, farmers have difficulty to implement family livestock projects (FLPs) meeting their expectations in terms of income and services. This study aims to investigate and to explain the causes of these weaknesses. The study was implemented in western Burkina Faso on cattle FLPs. It showed that all farmers had FLP ideas in mind. A monitoring was performed on draft animals, cattle for fattening and dairy cows FLPs during the design and implementation steps. It showed that the majority of FLPs failed even before their implementation, due to lack of preparation or unrealistic objectives. The implemented FLPs have important weaknesses concerning feeding control, which reduce their profitability. This diagnosis enabled us to set up the principles of a PEF step by step co-design method, to assist farmers to better prepare their FLP, to better manage animals feeding during their implementation and to better evaluate the outputs of the FLP.

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Impact of intensification of different types of livestock production in smallholder crop-livestock systems

Cited by 138 publications

References 26 publications

A Qualitative Evaluation of CSA Options in Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems in Developing Countries

A Qualitative Evaluation of CSA Options in Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems in Developing Countries

Role of self-sufficiency, productivity and diversification on the economic sustainability of farming systems with autochthonous sheep breeds in less favoured areas in Southern Europe

Fragilité des projets d’élevage familiaux dans les exploitations de polyculture-élevage au Burkina Faso

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