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Garmendía, Eneko |
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Aldezabal, Arantza |
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Galán, Elena |
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Andonegi, Aitor |
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Del Prado, Agustín |
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Gamboa, Gonzalo |
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García, Oihana |
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Pardo, Guillermo |
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Aldai, Noelia |
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Barron, Luis Javier R. |
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2022 |
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https://ddd.uab.cat/record/259464 |
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urn:10.1007/s13593-021-00751-7 |
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urn:oai:ddd.uab.cat:259464 |
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urn:oai:egreta.uab.cat:publications/1efde798-7c52-4c42-8a59-15bd3c2a42d6 |
dc.identifier |
urn:pure_id:183523847 |
dc.identifier |
urn:articleid:17730155v42n3p47 |
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urn:scopus_id:85131089436 |
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urn:wos_id:000804753000003 |
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application/pdf |
dc.language |
eng |
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Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad AGL2013-48361-C2-1-R |
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Agencia Estatal de Investigación PID2020-113395RB-C21 |
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Agencia Estatal de Investigación MDM-2017-0714 |
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Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación RYC-2011-08593 |
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Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación RYC-2017-22143 |
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Agronomy for Sustainable Development ; Vol. 42, Issue 3 (June 2022), art. 47 |
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open access |
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Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original. |
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
dc.subject |
Sustainability |
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Multi-criteria evaluation |
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Dairy sheep |
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Mountain areas |
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Rural development |
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Biodiversity |
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Nutritional and sensory food quality |
dc.title |
Mountain sheep grazing systems provide multiple ecological, socio-economic, and food quality benefits |
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Article |
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Altres ajuts: Basque Government to E.G (IT1022-16), A.A (IT1365-19), and L.J.R.B. (IT944-16) |
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Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu CEX2019-000940-M |
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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 pressure threatens the use of extensive sheep-grazing systems in mountain areas of low productivity but high natural value. Using information gathered at a long-term research setting in a mountainous area of the Basque Country (northern Spain), we assessed the multiple benefits of extensive dairy sheep grazing systems from multiple perspectives using indicators pertaining to ecological, socio-economic, and food quality domains. In this way, we address the benefits that would be lost if sheep grazing abandonment persists in mountain regions. Our results show that the benefits of extensive dairy sheep grazing in the research area include the production of healthy and high-quality foods and multiple ecological benefits including biodiversity conservation. Extensive dairy sheep grazing also contributes to rural development by generating employment and income in marginal, low-productivity lands that can support few economic alternatives. In particular, we found that sheep farmers who produce high-value products, such as cheese, have enhanced their economic profitability and are less dependent on public subsidies. However, careful attention to sustainable practices, support for new generations of farmers, and streamlined supply chains are required. These would contribute to ensure socio-economic benefits for farmers, avoid the ecological costs associated with grazing abandonment, and enhance ecosystem services for the whole society. |