The dynamic of crop-livestock systems in the Mediterranean and future prospective at local level: A comparative analysis for South and North Mediterranean systems

cg.contactveronique.alary@cirad.fren_US
cg.contributor.centerInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.contributor.centerThe French Agricultural Research Center for International Development - CIRADen_US
cg.contributor.centerInstitute of Agronomy and Veterinary Hassan II - IAV HASSAN IIen_US
cg.contributor.centerAgricultural Research Center, Animal Production Research Institute - ARC - APRIen_US
cg.contributor.funderInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.contributor.projectCommunication and Documentation Information Services (CODIS)en_US
cg.contributor.project-lead-instituteInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.creator.idAlary, Veronique: 0000-0003-4844-5423en_US
cg.date.embargo-end-dateTimelessen_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2019.03.017en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn1871-1413en_US
cg.journalLivestock Scienceen_US
cg.subject.agrovocefficiencyen_US
cg.subject.agrovocmediterranean regionen_US
cg.subject.agrovocadaptive capacityen_US
cg.subject.agrovoclivestock systemsen_US
cg.volume224en_US
dc.contributorMoulin, Charles-Henrien_US
dc.contributorLasseur, Jacquesen_US
dc.contributorAboul Naga, Adel Mahmouden_US
dc.contributorSrairi, Mohamed Taheren_US
dc.creatorAlary, Veroniqueen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-03T13:55:53Z
dc.date.available2019-05-03T13:55:53Z
dc.description.abstractMediterranean livestock farming systems have evolved to adapt to current and future pressures, including strong demographic growth and urbanization in the coastal zone, greater competition for land and water, and a big shift in the hinterland where farming activities are hardly maintained. We aim to explore future pathways for integrated crop-livestock systems in South and North Mediterranean countries to identify potential sustainable increases in efficiency and adaptability of resource utilization. The research was conducted in three countries, Egypt, France and Morocco, through case studies in a gradient of socio-ecological contexts, from favorable (plains and irrigated lands) to harsher ones (mountains, rain-fed areas). We mobilized farm surveys and monitoring, open-ended interviews, databases and previous studies. Based on a transversal analysis at the local level, we identified two main trends and five archetypical systems: (1) a centrifugal trend of specialization, towards cash crops or dairy herds in favorable areas, and pastoral system for meat production in harsher environments, and (2) a centripetal trend of diversification based on mixed crop-livestock systems in irrigation areas and agro-pastoral livestock-crop systems in intermediate rain-fed areas. The analysis showed an overwhelming antagonism between social vulnerability and ecological efficiency. Crop and livestock integration reduced the risk of biodiversity loss and low environmental efficiency observed in specialized systems, but mixed systems were more socially vulnerable. Those results call for dedicated rural development policies that favor the diversification as a lever of sustainable development but taking into account the land fragmentation and developing higher value added products chains. Taking advantage of spatial mobility abilities of livestock farming at the regional level, promoting collective actions must be encouraged to allow a wider range of livestock farmers in the hinterlands to live from their activities.en_US
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dc.identifierhttps://mel.cgiar.org/dspace/limiteden_US
dc.identifier.citationVeronique Alary, Charles-Henri Moulin, Jacques Lasseur, Adel Mahmoud Aboul Naga, Mohamed Taher Srairi. (28/3/2019). The dynamic of crop-livestock systems in the Mediterranean and future prospective at local level: A comparative analysis for South and North Mediterranean systems. Livestock Science, 224, pp. 40-49.en_US
dc.identifier.statusTimeless limited accessen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/9920
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherElsevier (12 months)en_US
dc.sourceLivestock Science;224,(2019) Pagination 40-49en_US
dc.subjectdevelopment pathwaysen_US
dc.titleThe dynamic of crop-livestock systems in the Mediterranean and future prospective at local level: A comparative analysis for South and North Mediterranean systemsen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dcterms.available2019-03-28en_US
dcterms.extent40-49en_US
mel.impact-factor1.204en_US

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