Economic Sustainability Foraging Scenarios for Ruminant Meat Production—A Climate Change Adapting Alternative

Rodica Chetroiu, Steliana Rodino (), Vili Dragomir, Petruța Antoneta Turek-Rahoveanu and Alexandra Marina Manolache
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Rodica Chetroiu: Research Institute for Agriculture Economy and Rural Development, 011464 Bucharest, Romania
Steliana Rodino: Research Institute for Agriculture Economy and Rural Development, 011464 Bucharest, Romania
Vili Dragomir: Research Institute for Agriculture Economy and Rural Development, 011464 Bucharest, Romania
Petruța Antoneta Turek-Rahoveanu: Research Institute for Agriculture Economy and Rural Development, 011464 Bucharest, Romania
Alexandra Marina Manolache: Research Institute for Agriculture Economy and Rural Development, 011464 Bucharest, Romania

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 22, 1-16

Abstract: Climate changes affect all agricultural production systems, directly or indirectly, including that of ruminant meat, through the limitation of forage resources sensitive to reduced water regimes and drought. The present paper assessed the economic sustainability of ruminant meat production in the context of climate change, with a particular focus on integrating bioeconomy principles through the use of drought-resistant crops such as sorghum and millet in livestock feed. This study included scenarios for two farm-level models, a sheep fattening farm and a cattle fattening farm, to determine the economic benefit and impact of integrating resilient crops in the total feed ration. The findings showed that the dry scenario system could offer economic and environmental advantages over traditional water-intensive crops like maize. The results demonstrated that replacing maize with sorghum or millet could result in a reduction in feed costs and enhanced economic benefit over the traditional feed system.

Keywords: meat; sheep; cattle; climate change; economic sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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