A methodology based on territorial metabolism analysis to assess the multi-criteria sustainability of African village terroirs with contrasted crop-livestock systems

Elise Audouin, Mariana Odru, Dominique Masse, Gualbert Séraphin Dorégo, Valérie Delaunay, Philippe Lecomte and Jonathan Vayssières

Agricultural Systems, 2024, vol. 213, issue C

Abstract: Agricultural intensification to ensure food security and limit rural exodus is a major issue in sub-Saharan Africa. The potential of livestock farming to improve the sustainability of farming systems has been studied but rarely at the landscape level. However, because the herds move about in the landscape, thereby creating horizontal biomass and nutrient flows between plots and households, the landscape is the only level where all the interactions between the different components of the agro-ecosystem (animals, crops and trees) can be considered.

Keywords: Territorial metabolism; Nutrient cycling; Village terroir; Agro-sylvo-pastoral systems; Livestock fattening; Senegal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2023.103781

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