Delattre L., Debolini M., Paoli J.-C., Napoleone C., Moulery M., Leonelli L., Santucci P. (2020). Understanding the relationships between extensive livestock systems, land-cover changes, and CAP support in less-favored Mediterranean areas. Land, 01/12/2020, vol. 9, n. 12, p. 1-20.
https://doi.org/10.3390/land9120518
https://doi.org/10.3390/land9120518
Titre : | Understanding the relationships between extensive livestock systems, land-cover changes, and CAP support in less-favored Mediterranean areas (2020) |
Auteurs : | L. Delattre ; M. Debolini ; J.-C. Paoli ; C. Napoleone ; M. Moulery ; L. Leonelli ; P. Santucci |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Land (vol. 9, n. 12, December 2020) |
Article en page(s) : | p. 1-20 |
Langues : | Anglais |
Langues du résumé : | Anglais |
Catégories : |
Catégories principales 06 - AGRICULTURE. FORÊTS. PÊCHES ; 6.4 - Production Agricole. Système de ProductionThésaurus IAMM SYSTEME DE PRODUCTION ; ELEVAGE EXTENSIF ; COUVERTURE DU SOL ; PAC ; AFFECTATION DE RESSOURCES ; ZONE DEFAVORISEE ; REGION MEDITERRANEENNE |
Résumé : | Farm abandonment and over-extensification trends in less-favored livestock breeding areas in the Mediterranean have led to socio-environmental issues that are difficult to assess and address, due to the characteristics of these areas (e.g., poor data availability and reliability). In a study case that presents many of the characteristics common to these areas, we combine qualitative and quantitative approaches to assess (i) the relationship between livestock production and land-cover change and (ii) the drivers of farmer decisions, concerning the types of livestock they breed. We show that the Common Agricultural Policy’s objective of open-landscape preservation cannot be achieved through the observed livestock management practices, with the most heavily CAP subsidy-dependent activities (e.g., suckler-cow breeding) having one of the weakest contributions to this objective. We also econometrically show that suckler-cow breeding is more likely to be adopted as a complementary or main activity in farms facing a labor scarcity and land abundance context. These results complement the literature and contribute to the discussion regarding the design of CAP support for less-favored Mediterranean areas. |
Cote : | En ligne |
URL / DOI : | https://doi.org/10.3390/land9120518 |