Mountain sheep grazing systems provide multiple ecological, socio-economic, and food quality benefits
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Abstract Pastoral systems face increasing pressure from competing global markets, food sector industrialization, and new policies such as Europe’s post-2020 Common Agriculture Policy. This threatens the use of extensive sheep-grazing in mountain areas low productivity but high natural value. Using information gathered at a long-term research setting mountainous area Basque Country (northern Spain), we assessed multiple benefits dairy sheep grazing perspectives using indicators pertaining to ecological, socio-economic, quality domains. In this way, address that would be lost if abandonment persists regions. Our results show include production healthy high-quality foods ecological including biodiversity conservation. Extensive also contributes rural development by generating employment income marginal, low-productivity lands can support few economic alternatives. particular, found farmers who produce high-value products, cheese, have enhanced their profitability are less dependent on public subsidies. However, careful attention sustainable practices, for generations farmers, streamlined supply chains required. These contribute ensure socio-economic avoid costs associated with abandonment, enhance ecosystem services whole society.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Agronomy for Sustainable Development
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1774-0746', '1773-0155']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-021-00751-7