Productive and income contributions of sheep, goat, and cattle, and different diversification schemes in smallholder production systems of Northern Patagonia, Argentina
Wool production oriented sheep keeping is the most important rural activity in Patagonia, Argentina, followed by goat and at a lower extent cattle production. The existing perception on the smallholder production systems from most decision makers (e.g., policy) is that they are marginal, with low pr...
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| author | Villagra, Edgar Sebastian Easdale, Marcos Horacio Giraudo, Celso Gabriel Bonvissuto, Griselda |
| author_browse | Bonvissuto, Griselda Easdale, Marcos Horacio Giraudo, Celso Gabriel Villagra, Edgar Sebastian |
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| description | Wool production oriented sheep keeping is the most important rural activity in Patagonia, Argentina, followed by goat and at a lower extent cattle production. The existing perception on the smallholder production systems from most decision makers (e.g., policy) is that they are marginal, with low productivity and have negative returns. Since the Argentinean economic scenario has changed drastically in the last decade, the aim of this study was to analyze the economic and productive contribution of different livestock species in smallholdings. The results showed that the post-1990’s economic scenario turned most smallholder livestock systems to have positive economic performance, but there were still productive restrictions that limited to fully benefit from these favorable circumstances. Goats were the most profitable livestock due to their higher productive performance, followed by sheep and cattle, with poorer performances. A strong cooperation between the intervention programs and research institutions is recommended to overcome the current production bottlenecks, by focusing on cattle and sheep production systems. |
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| spelling | INTA41252024-01-05T15:10:51Z Productive and income contributions of sheep, goat, and cattle, and different diversification schemes in smallholder production systems of Northern Patagonia, Argentina Villagra, Edgar Sebastian Easdale, Marcos Horacio Giraudo, Celso Gabriel Bonvissuto, Griselda Ovinos Caprinos Ganado Bovino Producción Explotación en Pequeña Escala Diversificación Sheep Goats Cattle Production Smallholders Diversification Región Patagónica Wool production oriented sheep keeping is the most important rural activity in Patagonia, Argentina, followed by goat and at a lower extent cattle production. The existing perception on the smallholder production systems from most decision makers (e.g., policy) is that they are marginal, with low productivity and have negative returns. Since the Argentinean economic scenario has changed drastically in the last decade, the aim of this study was to analyze the economic and productive contribution of different livestock species in smallholdings. The results showed that the post-1990’s economic scenario turned most smallholder livestock systems to have positive economic performance, but there were still productive restrictions that limited to fully benefit from these favorable circumstances. Goats were the most profitable livestock due to their higher productive performance, followed by sheep and cattle, with poorer performances. A strong cooperation between the intervention programs and research institutions is recommended to overcome the current production bottlenecks, by focusing on cattle and sheep production systems. EEA Bariloche Fil: Villagra, Edgar Sebastian. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Easdale, Marcos Horacio. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estacion Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Giraudo, Celso Gabriel. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estacion Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Bonvissuto, Griselda. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bordenave; Argentina 2018-12-20T14:17:51Z 2018-12-20T14:17:51Z 2015-10 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/4125 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11250-015-0873-9 0049-4747 1573-7438 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-015-0873-9 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Springer Tropical Animal Health and Production 47 (7) : 1373–1380 (October 2015) |
| spellingShingle | Ovinos Caprinos Ganado Bovino Producción Explotación en Pequeña Escala Diversificación Sheep Goats Cattle Production Smallholders Diversification Región Patagónica Villagra, Edgar Sebastian Easdale, Marcos Horacio Giraudo, Celso Gabriel Bonvissuto, Griselda Productive and income contributions of sheep, goat, and cattle, and different diversification schemes in smallholder production systems of Northern Patagonia, Argentina |
| title | Productive and income contributions of sheep, goat, and cattle, and different diversification schemes in smallholder production systems of Northern Patagonia, Argentina |
| title_full | Productive and income contributions of sheep, goat, and cattle, and different diversification schemes in smallholder production systems of Northern Patagonia, Argentina |
| title_fullStr | Productive and income contributions of sheep, goat, and cattle, and different diversification schemes in smallholder production systems of Northern Patagonia, Argentina |
| title_full_unstemmed | Productive and income contributions of sheep, goat, and cattle, and different diversification schemes in smallholder production systems of Northern Patagonia, Argentina |
| title_short | Productive and income contributions of sheep, goat, and cattle, and different diversification schemes in smallholder production systems of Northern Patagonia, Argentina |
| title_sort | productive and income contributions of sheep goat and cattle and different diversification schemes in smallholder production systems of northern patagonia argentina |
| topic | Ovinos Caprinos Ganado Bovino Producción Explotación en Pequeña Escala Diversificación Sheep Goats Cattle Production Smallholders Diversification Región Patagónica |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/4125 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11250-015-0873-9 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-015-0873-9 |
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