Mobilizing Ecological Processes for Herbivore Production: Farmers and Researchers Learning Together
| Autor: | Sylvain Dernat, Andrea Ruggia, Pablo Modernel, Walter A.H. Rossing, Bertrand Dumont, P. Soca, Hervé Tournadre, Marc Benoit, Santiago Dogliotti |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Unité Mixte de Recherche sur les Herbivores - UMR 1213 (UMRH), VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen] (WUR), Universidad de la República [Montevideo] (UDELAR), Territoires (Territoires), AgroParisTech-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020])-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Unité Expérimentale Systèmes d'Elevage de Ruminants de Moyenne Montagne (Herbipôle), Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Universidad de la República Uruguay, AgroParisTech-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020])-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
agroecology
media_common.quotation_subject Best practice Farm income lcsh:TX341-641 Horticulture Management Monitoring Policy and Law Ecosystem services co-innovation Production (economics) grazing Natural resource management Agroecology media_common 2. Zero hunger Global and Planetary Change lcsh:TP368-456 Ecology 0402 animal and dairy science Farm Systems Ecology Group 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences 15. Life on land PE&RC 040201 dairy & animal science Knowledge sharing lcsh:Food processing and manufacture trade-offs 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Business Psychological resilience lcsh:Nutrition. Foods and food supply Agronomy and Crop Science [SDV.AEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Food and Nutrition management Food Science |
| Zdroj: | Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2020, 4, ⟨10.3389/fsufs.2020.544828⟩ Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Frontiers Media, 2020, 4, ⟨10.3389/fsufs.2020.544828⟩ Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 4 (2020) Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Vol 4 (2020) Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 4 |
| ISSN: | 2571-581X |
| Popis: | International audience; Grazing plays a key role in reducing the external inputs required for ruminant production and in alleviating feed-food competition. Beyond the production of meat and milk, grassland-based systems provide a wide range of ecosystem services. Agroecology and organic farming aim to reconcile natural resource management and food production, in the long term, based on the management of ecological processes. In this perspective paper, we report what we have learned from case studies with beef cattle, sheep, and dairy cattle across Uruguay and western Europe, in which we have been involved. Multicriteria methods, such as Pareto frontiers and positive deviances, were used to analyze trade-offs and identify win-wins from farm surveys. Long-term farm networks coupled with bioeconomic optimization models revealed fluctuations in farm income and allowed estimating system resilience. Extensive farmlet experiments made it possible to integrate knowledge on animal physiology and grassland ecology in the system redesign process and to test for innovative and risky management options that could lead to unacceptable learning costs in commercial farms. Finally, learning from farmers' local knowledge in teams with researchers and technical advisers can provide positive changes in grazing systems. In Uruguayan family farms, for example, the scientific knowledge gained from farmlet experiments led to advice on management options based on farm-specific diagnosis. Farmers adapted the proposals, with researchers supporting the processes by providing quantitative information on consequences and spaces for reflection. In a French cheese production area, the focus was on farmers' own experience. Games facilitated interactions as participants could challenge each other's reasoning and conclusions in a safe environment. These two case studies illustrate the diversity of co-innovation approaches, but in both cases knowledge sharing between researchers, farmers, and other stakeholders appeared more efficient to help farmers understand and adapt their own system properties than researching "best practice" solutions for large-scale transfer. |
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