Relevance of farm-scale indicators and tools for farmers to assess sustainability of their mixed crop-ruminant livestock systems
Ensuring the sustainability and circularity of mixed crop-ruminant livestock systems is essential if they are to deliver on the enhancement of long-term productivity and profitability with a smaller footprint. The objectives of this study were to select indicators in the environmental, economic and...
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| author | Leite, Fernanda Figueiredo Granja Dorilêo Faverin, Claudia Ciganda, Verónica Cristobal Carballo, Omar dos Reis, Julio Cesar Eugène, Maguy Fariña, Santiago Hercher Pasteur, Jean Monteiro, Alyce Pastell, Matti Recavarren, Paulo Mario Romera, Alvaro Rosanowski, Sarah Tieri, Maria Paz Aubry, Aurélie Veysset, Patrick Kenny, David Vibart, Ronaldo |
| author_browse | Aubry, Aurélie Ciganda, Verónica Cristobal Carballo, Omar Eugène, Maguy Fariña, Santiago Faverin, Claudia Hercher Pasteur, Jean Kenny, David Leite, Fernanda Figueiredo Granja Dorilêo Monteiro, Alyce Pastell, Matti Recavarren, Paulo Mario Romera, Alvaro Rosanowski, Sarah Tieri, Maria Paz Veysset, Patrick Vibart, Ronaldo dos Reis, Julio Cesar |
| author_facet | Leite, Fernanda Figueiredo Granja Dorilêo Faverin, Claudia Ciganda, Verónica Cristobal Carballo, Omar dos Reis, Julio Cesar Eugène, Maguy Fariña, Santiago Hercher Pasteur, Jean Monteiro, Alyce Pastell, Matti Recavarren, Paulo Mario Romera, Alvaro Rosanowski, Sarah Tieri, Maria Paz Aubry, Aurélie Veysset, Patrick Kenny, David Vibart, Ronaldo |
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| description | Ensuring the sustainability and circularity of mixed crop-ruminant livestock systems is essential if they are to deliver on the enhancement of long-term productivity and profitability with a smaller footprint. The objectives of this study were to select indicators in the environmental, economic and social dimensions of sustainability of crop-livestock systems, to assess if these indicators are relevant in the operational schedule of farmers, and to score the indicators in these farm systems. The scoring system was based on relevance to farmers, data availability, frequency of use, and policy. The study was successful in the assemblage of a suite of indicators comprising three dimensions of sustainability and the development of criteria to assess the usefulness of these indicators in crop-ruminant livestock systems in distinct agro-climatic regions across the globe. Except for ammonia emissions, indicators within the Emissions to air theme obtained high scores, as expected from mixed crop-ruminant systems in countries transitioning towards low emission production systems. Despite the inherent association between nutrient losses and water quality, the sum of scores was numerically greater for the former, attributed to a mix of economic and policy incentives. The sum of indicator scores within the Profitability theme (farm net income, expenditure and revenue) received the highest scores in the economic dimension. The Workforce theme (diversity, education, succession) stood out within the social dimension, reflecting the need for an engaged labor force that requires knowledge and skills in both crop and livestock husbandry. The development of surveys with farmers/stakeholders to assess the relevance of farm-scale indicators and tools is important to support direct actions and policies in support of sustainable mixed crop-ruminant livestock farm systems. |
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| spelling | INTA191022026-01-09T15:04:11Z Relevance of farm-scale indicators and tools for farmers to assess sustainability of their mixed crop-ruminant livestock systems Leite, Fernanda Figueiredo Granja Dorilêo Faverin, Claudia Ciganda, Verónica Cristobal Carballo, Omar dos Reis, Julio Cesar Eugène, Maguy Fariña, Santiago Hercher Pasteur, Jean Monteiro, Alyce Pastell, Matti Recavarren, Paulo Mario Romera, Alvaro Rosanowski, Sarah Tieri, Maria Paz Aubry, Aurélie Veysset, Patrick Kenny, David Vibart, Ronaldo Agricultura Sostenible Ganadería Agricultores Evaluación Indicadores Sostenibilidad Sustainable Agriculture Animal Husbandry Farmers Evaluation Indicators Sustainability Ensuring the sustainability and circularity of mixed crop-ruminant livestock systems is essential if they are to deliver on the enhancement of long-term productivity and profitability with a smaller footprint. The objectives of this study were to select indicators in the environmental, economic and social dimensions of sustainability of crop-livestock systems, to assess if these indicators are relevant in the operational schedule of farmers, and to score the indicators in these farm systems. The scoring system was based on relevance to farmers, data availability, frequency of use, and policy. The study was successful in the assemblage of a suite of indicators comprising three dimensions of sustainability and the development of criteria to assess the usefulness of these indicators in crop-ruminant livestock systems in distinct agro-climatic regions across the globe. Except for ammonia emissions, indicators within the Emissions to air theme obtained high scores, as expected from mixed crop-ruminant systems in countries transitioning towards low emission production systems. Despite the inherent association between nutrient losses and water quality, the sum of scores was numerically greater for the former, attributed to a mix of economic and policy incentives. The sum of indicator scores within the Profitability theme (farm net income, expenditure and revenue) received the highest scores in the economic dimension. The Workforce theme (diversity, education, succession) stood out within the social dimension, reflecting the need for an engaged labor force that requires knowledge and skills in both crop and livestock husbandry. The development of surveys with farmers/stakeholders to assess the relevance of farm-scale indicators and tools is important to support direct actions and policies in support of sustainable mixed crop-ruminant livestock farm systems. EEA Balcarce Fil: Figueiredo Granja Dorilêo Leite, Fernanda. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina Fil: Faverin, Claudia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina Fil: Faverin, Claudia. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina Fil: Ciganda, Verónica. Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria. Área de Recursos Naturales, Producción y Ambiente; Uruguay Fil: Cristobal Carballo, Omar. Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Livestock Production Sciences, Ruminant Nutrition; Reino Unido Fil: dos Reis, Julio Cesar. Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation; Brasil Fil: Eugène, Maguy. Université Clermont Auvergne; Francia Fil: Fariña, Santiago. Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria. Área de Recursos Naturales, Producción y Ambiente; Uruguay Fil: Hercher Pasteur, Jean. Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria. Área de Recursos Naturales, Producción y Ambiente; Uruguay Fil: Monteiro, Alyce. Université Clermont Auvergne; Francia Fil: Pastell, Matti. Natural Resources Institute Finland; Finlandia Fil: Recavarren, Paulo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina Fil: Romera, Alvaro. AgResearch Ltd.; Nueva Zelanda Fil: Rosanowski, Sarah. AgResearch Ltd.; Nueva Zelanda Fil: Tieri, Maria Paz. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional Rafaela; Argentina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela. Instituto de Investigación de la Cadena Láctea; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigación de la Cadena Láctea; Argentina Fil: Aubry, Aurélie. Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute; Reino Unido Fil: Veysset, Patrick. Université Clermont Auvergne; Francia Fil: Kenny, David. Teagasc, Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre; Irlanda Fil: Vibart, Ronaldo. AgResearch Ltd.; Nueva Zelanda 2024-08-26T11:06:57Z 2024-08-26T11:06:57Z 2024-08-02 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/19102 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969724053683 1879-1026 (online) 0048-9697 (print) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175218 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess 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 Elsevier Science of the Total Environment 950 : 175218 (10 November 2024) |
| spellingShingle | Agricultura Sostenible Ganadería Agricultores Evaluación Indicadores Sostenibilidad Sustainable Agriculture Animal Husbandry Farmers Evaluation Indicators Sustainability Leite, Fernanda Figueiredo Granja Dorilêo Faverin, Claudia Ciganda, Verónica Cristobal Carballo, Omar dos Reis, Julio Cesar Eugène, Maguy Fariña, Santiago Hercher Pasteur, Jean Monteiro, Alyce Pastell, Matti Recavarren, Paulo Mario Romera, Alvaro Rosanowski, Sarah Tieri, Maria Paz Aubry, Aurélie Veysset, Patrick Kenny, David Vibart, Ronaldo Relevance of farm-scale indicators and tools for farmers to assess sustainability of their mixed crop-ruminant livestock systems |
| title | Relevance of farm-scale indicators and tools for farmers to assess sustainability of their mixed crop-ruminant livestock systems |
| title_full | Relevance of farm-scale indicators and tools for farmers to assess sustainability of their mixed crop-ruminant livestock systems |
| title_fullStr | Relevance of farm-scale indicators and tools for farmers to assess sustainability of their mixed crop-ruminant livestock systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relevance of farm-scale indicators and tools for farmers to assess sustainability of their mixed crop-ruminant livestock systems |
| title_short | Relevance of farm-scale indicators and tools for farmers to assess sustainability of their mixed crop-ruminant livestock systems |
| title_sort | relevance of farm scale indicators and tools for farmers to assess sustainability of their mixed crop ruminant livestock systems |
| topic | Agricultura Sostenible Ganadería Agricultores Evaluación Indicadores Sostenibilidad Sustainable Agriculture Animal Husbandry Farmers Evaluation Indicators Sustainability |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/19102 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969724053683 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175218 |
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