A paradigm shift in livestock management : from resource sufficiency to functional integrity
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- Nombre de pages272
- PrésentationBroché
- FormatGrand Format
- Poids0.53 kg
- Dimensions16,5 cm × 24,0 cm × 1,2 cm
- ISBN978-2-914053-57-0
- EAN9782914053570
- Date de parution14/03/2011
- CollectionR&D
- ÉditeurCardère
Résumé
To the question, "what drives livestock farming "? , we have answers not only from researchers but also first-hand accounts and hands-onexperience from practitioners and development agents spanning different continents. From resource sufficiency to functional integrity, sheds a new light on what constitutes "resources" for these systems. Are they finite and given or can they be dynamic and "regenerated"? What in the end ensures that livestock farming systems are rendered resilient : long term ecosystem dynamics, adaptive behavior of animal grazing, collective action, learning, cultural aspects...
The authors discuss about these new perspectives and diversity of novel approaches to managing livestock farming systems, set against the backdrop of Canadian prairies, Andean highlands, South American Pampa, French Mountains right through African Sahel Tibetan Plateau and Mongolia, to name just a few.
To the question, "what drives livestock farming "? , we have answers not only from researchers but also first-hand accounts and hands-onexperience from practitioners and development agents spanning different continents. From resource sufficiency to functional integrity, sheds a new light on what constitutes "resources" for these systems. Are they finite and given or can they be dynamic and "regenerated"? What in the end ensures that livestock farming systems are rendered resilient : long term ecosystem dynamics, adaptive behavior of animal grazing, collective action, learning, cultural aspects...
The authors discuss about these new perspectives and diversity of novel approaches to managing livestock farming systems, set against the backdrop of Canadian prairies, Andean highlands, South American Pampa, French Mountains right through African Sahel Tibetan Plateau and Mongolia, to name just a few.