Bucking the trend: Crop farmers' motivations for reintegrating livestock

Clémentine Meunier, Guillaume Martin, Cécile Barnaud and Julie Ryschawy

Agricultural Systems, 2024, vol. 214, issue C

Abstract: European farms and regions follow the trend of agricultural specialisation, which results in a disconnection between crop and livestock production. High-input specialised farming systems are continuing to be developed even though they generate negative environmental impacts. Despite these trends, a few pioneering farmers have intentionally reintegrated livestock onto crop farms in several regions. To date, research has rarely examined farmers' motivations to develop such systems.

Keywords: Crop-livestock integration; Mixed systems; Sustainability; farmers' motivations; Innovation tracking; Inductive content analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2023.103820

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