Economic analysis of scenarios for the sustainability of extensive livestock farming in Spain under the CAP

Franco, Juan Agustín; Gaspar, P.; Mesías, F.J.

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.12.004

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“…Forestry, livestock production, and farm size criteria were used to select the farms with the aim of obtaining a representative sample of the various subsystems of Dehesa, following the methodology used by previous studies [19][20][21]. The number of farms surveyed was 30, which is in accordance with other research studies on the topic (24 farms [22]; 31 farms [23,24]).…”

Section: Farms Selectionmentioning

confidence: 54%

“…Furthermore, future political context and challenges for ruminants' production systems under extensive conditions in drylands were taken into account, as were the pillars and lines of action for the post-2013 CAP, and the impacts of the CAP on beef cattle sector [20,31]. In general terms, the 2014-2020 CAP has changed its philosophy, so that it is nowadays not only focused on ensuring the income of a certain segment of the population, but also on promoting the development of territories, promoting the efficient use of resources with an eye on a sustainable and diverse agricultural sector, paying even more attention on rural areas [32].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Beef Cattle Farms’ Conversion to the Organic System. Recommendations for Success in the Face of Future Changes in a Global Context

Escribano¹

2016

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Dehesa is a remarkable agroforestry system, which needs the implementation of sustainable production systems in order to reduce its deterioration. Moreover, its livestock farms need to adapt to a new global market context. As a response, the organic livestock sector has expanded not only globally but also in the region in search for increased overall sustainability. However, conversions to the organic system have been commonly carried out without analyzing farms' feasibility to do so. This analysis is necessary before implementing any new production system in order to reduce both the diversity of externalities that the variety of contexts leads to and the vulnerability of the DDehesa ecosystem to small management changes. Within this context and in the face of this gap in knowledge, the present paper analyzes the ease of such conversions and the farms' chances of success after conversion in the face of global changes (market and politics). Different aspects ("areas of action") were studied and integrated within the Global Conversion Index (GCI), and the legal requirement for European organic farming, organic principles, future challenges for ruminants' production systems, as well as the lines of action for the post-2013 CAP (Common Agricultural Policy) and their impacts on the beef cattle sector were taken into account. Results revealed that farms must introduce significant changes before initiating the conversion process, since they had very low scores on the GCI (42.74%), especially with regard to health and agro-ecosystem management (principle of Ecology). Regarding rearing and animal welfare (principle of justice/fairness), farms were close to the organic system. From the social point of view, active participation in manufacturing and marketing of products should be increased.

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Section: Farms Selectionmentioning

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Section: Selection Of Indicatorsmentioning

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Beef Cattle Farms’ Conversion to the Organic System. Recommendations for Success in the Face of Future Changes in a Global Context

Escribano¹

2016

Sustainability

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“…El pastoreo favorece la diversidad de plantas con flor, las cuales regulan e intervienen en el desarrollo de especies altamente competitivas (Jugovic et al, 2013), lo que permite, sin duda, que especies menos competitivas puedan encontrar nichos donde desarrollarse (Franco, Gaspar y Mesias, 2012). Más aún, la presencia de herbívoros domésticos en estos ecosistemas contribuye a mantener la estructura en mosaico de los hábitats, un hecho vital para el ciclo de vida de muchos invertebrados, en especial muchas especies de lepidópteros (Jugovic et al, 2013).…”

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Sobre la gestión del patrimonio natural y el paisaje en España en la era de los Espacios Naturales Protegidos: el caso de los invertebrados

Gómez

Bourgès

2017

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En las últimas décadas, en lo que a gestión del patrimonio natural se refiere, el papel de los Espacios Naturales Protegidos ha cobrado una gran relevancia en el campo de la biología de la conservación al constituirse como áreas gestionadas para la conservación de especies de flora y fauna. Estos espacios se encuentran en muchos casos rodeados de zonas de aprovechamiento de recursos agroganaderos, con las cuales forman unidades de paisaje de gran importancia para el mantenimiento de la biodiversidad. Analizar el papel de estas unidades de paisaje como áreas interconectadas en mosaico y de interés para especies y comunidades de fauna de alto valor ecológico representa un objetivo necesario y de interés general para la gestión sostenible del paisaje y el patrimonio natural. Sobre muchas poblaciones de invertebrados e insectos dentro de estas unidades de paisaje, aun estando en un segundo plano respecto a otros elementos que han despertado mayor interés social o científico, confluyen tales circunstancias, por su papel determinante en el mantenimiento de la diversidad de ecosistemas y flujo de sus poblaciones dentro y fuera de los Espacios Naturales Protegidos, y el hecho de que a veces constituyen unidades de biodiversidad sobre las que se ha basado la gestión de estos espacios. En el presente texto, a través del caso de los Lepidoptera (Hexapoda) se pretende poner de manifiesto la importancia que tiene para la conservación de los invertebrados e insectos una gestión integral del patrimonio natural y el paisaje de nuestro país, todo ello dentro del contexto de la biología de la conservación.

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“…This means that 'sustainability' , in the first place, is an ideological and political, not an ecological and economic, question". Several scholars study this topic from different methodologies (SEO/BirdLife, WWF 2010;Jackson 2011;Franco et al 2012a). Finally, at a social welfare level, Navarro (2011) pointed out the paradox between the defence of neoliberal policies and their negative effects on the social welfare.…”

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Do we live in a Marxian world?

Franco

2015

Technological and Economic Development of Economy

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Abstract. This paper proposes a scientific discussion from a Marxian-feminist point of view as a critical response to the European "austerity policies". Nowadays global inequalities are very relevant, particularly a proletarization process based on an increase in class struggle, growing inequalities, unsustainability and the transnational concentration of power and wealth. The neoliberal approach ignores Marx's theory and suggests that the Marxian view fails to explain the current economic system. However, I believe this to be a (dishonest) simplification of Marx's theory (because data is very clear). This misrepresentation has a negative effect on the overall validity and sustainability of several European policies, mainly distribution and migration policies. Consequently, some policy recommendations need to be readdressed, including from a feminist point of view.

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Economic analysis of scenarios for the sustainability of extensive livestock farming in Spain under the CAP

Cited by 37 publications

References 20 publications

Beef Cattle Farms’ Conversion to the Organic System. Recommendations for Success in the Face of Future Changes in a Global Context

Beef Cattle Farms’ Conversion to the Organic System. Recommendations for Success in the Face of Future Changes in a Global Context

Sobre la gestión del patrimonio natural y el paisaje en España en la era de los Espacios Naturales Protegidos: el caso de los invertebrados

Do we live in a Marxian world?

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