Title :

Understanding the Relationships between Extensive Livestock Systems, Land-Cover Changes, and CAP Support in Less-Favored Mediterranean Areas

Author(s) :

Debolini, Marta [Auteur]
Environnement Méditerranéen et Modélisation des Agro-Hydrosystèmes [EMMAH]
Paoli, Jean Christophe [Auteur]
Systèmes d'élevage méditerranéens et tropicaux [UMR SELMET]
Napoleone, Claude [Auteur]
Ecodéveloppement [ECODEVELOPPEMENT]
Moulery, Michel [Auteur]
Laboratoire « Sciences pour l’Environnement » (UMR CNRS 6134 SPE) [SPE]
Leonelli, Lara [Auteur]
Laboratoire « Sciences pour l’Environnement » (UMR CNRS 6134 SPE) [SPE]
Santucci, Pierre [Auteur]
Systèmes d'élevage méditerranéens et tropicaux [UMR SELMET]
Delattre, Laurence [Auteur]
Lille économie management - UMR 9221 [LEM]

Journal title :

Land

Publisher :

MDPI

Publication date :

2020-12-14

ISSN :

2073-445X

English keyword(s) :

Mediterranean mountainous landscape
farmer choice drivers
extensive livestock systems
Common Agricultural Policy
land-use change
less favored areas (LFA)

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances

English abstract : [en]

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 ...
Show more >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.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Collections :

• Lille Économie Management (LEM) - UMR 9221

Source :

Harvested from HAL