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Cattle farm evolution in disadvantaged mountainous areas of nort-western Spain

Authors: Serrano, Emma; Cerdeño, Ana Isabel; Vieira, Ceferina; Mantecón, Ángel R.;

Cattle farm evolution in disadvantaged mountainous areas of nort-western Spain

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[FR] La Montagne de Riaño est une zone défavorisée du nord-ouest de l’Espagne. Dans cette région, les systèmes de production des bovins ont connu des changements importants au cours des 10 dernières années. L’objectif de cette étude est donc de caractériser les exploitations bovines de cette région pour évaluer leur durabilité. L’analyse des données a été structurée autour : 1) d’une description générale des exploitations et 2) de la mise au point d’ une typologie des exploitations compte tenu des résultats d’ une analyse des composants principaux et d’une analyse cluster, réalisées sur des variables techniques et économiques. L’information sur les caractéristiques du facteur humain et sur les caractéristiques techniques et économiques des exploitations met en évidence des faiblesses considérables. La typologie des exploitations obtenue inclut huit groupes représentatifs de deux formes divergentes d’évolution qui incitent les exploitations à s’éloigner du système d’élevage mixte traditionnel: l’intensification couplée à la spécialisation dans la production laitière d’une part et l’extensification couplée à la spécialisation dans la production de viande. Les systèmes les plus rentables sont les moins dépendants du facteur travail et, dans le cadre de la Politique Agricole Commune, ceux qui sont capables de maximiser les effectifs primés par travailleur.

[EN] Riaño Mountain is a disadvantaged area of north-western Spain that has recorded significant changes in cattle production systems over the last ten years. The aim of this study was to characterise the cattle farms of this area in order to evaluate their sustainability. The data analysis was structured in: 1) a description of the farms, and 2) a farm typology: principal components and cluster analyses were performed on variables concerning technical and economic features. The information on the human, technical and economic characteristics of the farms suggests they have important deficiencies. Eight groups were obtained in typology analysis representative of two divergent forms of development which are moving the farms away from the traditional mixed cattle system: specialisation in milk production and intensification on one hand and specialisation in meat production and extensification on the other. The most profitable systems were those less dependent on labour and, in the context of the Common Agricultural Policy, those capable of maximizing the number of subsidised animals per worker.

This work was part of the Research Project 1FD/997- 0776, which is financíally supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology and EU FEDER funds within the framework of the Research Contract between NEAL S.A and the CSIC.

8 pages, 7 tables.

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Production bovine, Cattle farming, Sustainability, Profitability, Rentabilité, CAP, PAC, Durabilité

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