Assessing farmer perceptions on livestock intensification and associated trade-offs using fuzzy cognitive maps; a study in mixed farming systems in the mid-hills of Nepal
Intensified livestock production is considered as a promising pathway for smallholder farmers. Nevertheless, this pathway may entail prohibitive investment requirements of labour, capital or trade-offs at farm level that preclude sustainable intensification. We used fuzzy cognitive mapping (FCM) to...
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| author | Alomia-Hinojosa, Victoria Groot, Jeroen C.J. Andersson, Jens A. Speelman, Erika N. McDonald, Andrew J. Tittonell, Pablo Adrian |
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| description | Intensified livestock production is considered as a promising pathway for smallholder farmers. Nevertheless, this pathway may entail prohibitive investment requirements of labour, capital or trade-offs at farm level that preclude sustainable intensification. We used fuzzy cognitive mapping (FCM) to assess farmers' perceptions of changes in the farm household system resulting from adding livestock to their mixed farms. Farmers identified trade-offs between the increased income and farmyard manure production versus increases in labour requirements for fodder imports. Furthermore, a sensitivity analysis performed on the FCMs showed that an increase in milk market demand could have strong positive effects on livestock production and income. We conclude that FCM is a good tool to rapidly identify trade-offs and analyse perceptions of farmers which revealed that although they consider intensification a promising strategy, the perceived deepening of labour constraints and increasing dependency on fodder import makes a concurrent (sustainable) intensification of these farm systems unlikely. |
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| spelling | INTA149262024-02-29T11:57:59Z Assessing farmer perceptions on livestock intensification and associated trade-offs using fuzzy cognitive maps; a study in mixed farming systems in the mid-hills of Nepal Alomia-Hinojosa, Victoria Groot, Jeroen C.J. Andersson, Jens A. Speelman, Erika N. McDonald, Andrew J. Tittonell, Pablo Adrian Pequeños Agricultores Ganado Hogares Intensificación Smallholders Livestock Households Intensification Nepal Intensified livestock production is considered as a promising pathway for smallholder farmers. Nevertheless, this pathway may entail prohibitive investment requirements of labour, capital or trade-offs at farm level that preclude sustainable intensification. We used fuzzy cognitive mapping (FCM) to assess farmers' perceptions of changes in the farm household system resulting from adding livestock to their mixed farms. Farmers identified trade-offs between the increased income and farmyard manure production versus increases in labour requirements for fodder imports. Furthermore, a sensitivity analysis performed on the FCMs showed that an increase in milk market demand could have strong positive effects on livestock production and income. We conclude that FCM is a good tool to rapidly identify trade-offs and analyse perceptions of farmers which revealed that although they consider intensification a promising strategy, the perceived deepening of labour constraints and increasing dependency on fodder import makes a concurrent (sustainable) intensification of these farm systems unlikely. EEA Bariloche Fil: Alomia-Hinojosa, Victoria. Wageningen University & Research. Farming Systems Ecology Group, Plant Sciences; Países Bajos. Fil: Alomia_Hinojosa, Victoria. Universidad de San Francisco de Quito. Ingeniería en Agronomía.Colegio de Ciencias e Ingeniería, Ecuador. Fil: Groot, Jeroen C.J. Wageningen University & Research. Farming Systems Ecology Group, Plant Sciences; Países Bajos. Fil: Groot, Jeroen C.J. Bioversity International.Development Impact Unit; Italia. Fil: Groot, Jeroen C.J. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT). Sustainable Intensification Program; Mexico. Fil: Andersson, Jens A. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT). Sustainable Intensification Program; Mexico. Fil: Andersson, Jens A. Wageningen University & Research. Environmental Sciences. Laboratory of Geo-Information Science and Remote Sensing; Países Bajos. Fil: McDonald, Andrew J. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT); Nepal Fil: Mc Donald, Andrew J. Cornell University. School of Integrative Plant Sciences. Section of Soil and Crop Sciences, Estados Unidos. Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina. Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Groningen University. Groningen Institute of Evolutionary Life Sciences; Países Bajos. 2023-08-16T12:01:18Z 2023-08-16T12:01:18Z 2023-02 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/14926 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sres.2830 1099-1743 1092-7026 https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.2830 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Wiley Systems Research and Behavioral Science 40 (1) : 146-158 (January-February 2023) |
| spellingShingle | Pequeños Agricultores Ganado Hogares Intensificación Smallholders Livestock Households Intensification Nepal Alomia-Hinojosa, Victoria Groot, Jeroen C.J. Andersson, Jens A. Speelman, Erika N. McDonald, Andrew J. Tittonell, Pablo Adrian Assessing farmer perceptions on livestock intensification and associated trade-offs using fuzzy cognitive maps; a study in mixed farming systems in the mid-hills of Nepal |
| title | Assessing farmer perceptions on livestock intensification and associated trade-offs using fuzzy cognitive maps; a study in mixed farming systems in the mid-hills of Nepal |
| title_full | Assessing farmer perceptions on livestock intensification and associated trade-offs using fuzzy cognitive maps; a study in mixed farming systems in the mid-hills of Nepal |
| title_fullStr | Assessing farmer perceptions on livestock intensification and associated trade-offs using fuzzy cognitive maps; a study in mixed farming systems in the mid-hills of Nepal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing farmer perceptions on livestock intensification and associated trade-offs using fuzzy cognitive maps; a study in mixed farming systems in the mid-hills of Nepal |
| title_short | Assessing farmer perceptions on livestock intensification and associated trade-offs using fuzzy cognitive maps; a study in mixed farming systems in the mid-hills of Nepal |
| title_sort | assessing farmer perceptions on livestock intensification and associated trade offs using fuzzy cognitive maps a study in mixed farming systems in the mid hills of nepal |
| topic | Pequeños Agricultores Ganado Hogares Intensificación Smallholders Livestock Households Intensification Nepal |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/14926 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sres.2830 https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.2830 |
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