Livestock grazing systems and sustainable development in the Mediterranean and Tropical areas : : Recent knowledge on their strengths and weaknesses / / Charles-Henri Moulin, Alexandre Ickowicz.

• Superior document: Matière à débattre et décider
• VerfasserIn: Moulin, Charles-Henri,; Ickowicz, Alexandre,
• TeilnehmendeR: Ickowicz, Alexandre,
• Place / Publishing House: [Versailles Cedex] : : éditions Quae,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1ère édition.
• Language: English
• Series: Matière à débattre et décider.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (350 pages).

Family-run ruminant grazing systems in the Mediterranean and tropical areas contribute directly to eight of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations 2030 Agenda. For a long time, these livestock systems have been on the fringe of agricultural investment efforts. Howev...

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• Preamble
• Chapter1 - Family-run ruminant grazing systems the in Mediterranean and Tropical areas and the challenges of sustainable development
• Ruminant grazing systems in Mediterranean and Tropical areas
• The potential contributions of ruminant grazing systems to SDGs and controversies
• A general framework for conducting research on the contribution of livestock grazing systems to sustainable development
• Chapter 2 - Adaptation to local and global shifts in livestock grazing systems
• Introduction
• Adaptation in Mediterranean and Tropical pasture vegetation
• Livestock robustness: physiological and behavioural levers of adaptation
• Genetic diversity and adaptation of local breeds to their breeding environment
• The mechanisms of adaptation analysed at the level of families and local communities
• Adaptation trajectories of livestock in the territories: where does grazing fit in? What are the key factors?
• Conclusion
• Chapter 3 - The quest for efficiency, an approach to increase the contribution of livestock farming to the sustainable development of territories
• Introduction: efficiency, from a simple ratio to an operational analysis framework to support the sustainable development of livestock systems
• Efficiency to account for the complexity of the contributions of livestock grazing systems to climate change
• The pursuit of efficiency to support the agroecological transition in livestock systems
• Multicriteria assessment of efficiency to account for the multifunctionality of livestock grazing systems
• Conclusion and perspectives
• Chapter 4 - Inventions and innovations to promote the contribution of livestock grazing systems to the agroecological transition of agriculture
• Introduction
• When we refer to inventions and innovations in our research on livestock grazing systems, what do we mean?
• Inventions for better pooling information and integrating natural processes into the management of livestock grazing systems
• Technical innovations to improve recycling and diversification of resources in livestock grazing systems
• Organisational innovations to support the agroecological transition in territories and animal product value chains
• Discussion and conclusion
• Chapter 5 - Summary and conclusion. The place of family-run ruminant grazing systems in the Mediterranean and Tropical zones for sustainable development
• Complex, diversified and dynamic livestock farming requiring improved insight
• Contributions to the sustainable development goals that require support
• Taking into account the multifunctionality of livestock grazing systems in the territories over the long term
• General conclusion
• References
• Abbreviations and acronyms
• List of authors
• Credits.