The Montado in Portugal and Dehesa in Spain is a unique agro-silvo-pastoral system designed to overcome food needs in a scarce resource’s environment. The system competitiveness is not clear and it is now under severe threats, caused by extensification or abandonment of less fertile areas and by intensification in more fertile ones. The aim of the undertaken research is to compare the cow-calf production within these systems in Portugal and Spain, identifying their strengths and weaknesses and the main drivers of their evolution, and to compare these systems with other European countries’ systems, ranking their competitiveness and e ciency among other systems in the EU. The research indicates that Montado/Dehesa farms systems are dep...
Worldwide, native grasslands are being converted to non-native pastures and cropland. This process t...
This chapter analyzes the sustainability of beef cattle systems of the Spanish Rangelands known as “...
The region of Castelo Branco is the 4th main region of Portugal in number of ewes. Sheep production ...
The Montado in Portugal and Dehesa in Spain is a unique agro-silvo-pastoral system designed to over...
Highlights •The identification of the livestock production systems (LPS) existing in a given area c...
The extensive pig production systems located in dehesa ecosystems (rangelands of the southwestern Ib...
Family-farm systems are largely dominant in the rural communities of northeastern...
Livestock farming systems of the Spanish rangelands (dehesas) are traditional systems characteristic...
Portugal, located in the Mediterranean region, one of the "Hot Spot" of the planet, has a huge varia...
The livestock sector must be redesigned in order to achieve food security sustainably. Several autho...
The preservation of High Nature Value farmland (HNVf) is essential for meeting many of the new Europ...
The EC Reg. 1804/99 takes account of animal production in organic farming. However, these specifica...
Beef pasture-based systems of Europe, especially those located in disfavored areas, play a key role ...
The dehesa is defined as an agroforestry system that is characteristic of the southwestern Iberian P...
Organic production in Spain has increased substantially in recent years due to several factors, such...
Worldwide, native grasslands are being converted to non-native pastures and cropland. This process t...
This chapter analyzes the sustainability of beef cattle systems of the Spanish Rangelands known as “...
The region of Castelo Branco is the 4th main region of Portugal in number of ewes. Sheep production ...
The Montado in Portugal and Dehesa in Spain is a unique agro-silvo-pastoral system designed to over...
Highlights •The identification of the livestock production systems (LPS) existing in a given area c...
The extensive pig production systems located in dehesa ecosystems (rangelands of the southwestern Ib...
Family-farm systems are largely dominant in the rural communities of northeastern...
Livestock farming systems of the Spanish rangelands (dehesas) are traditional systems characteristic...
Portugal, located in the Mediterranean region, one of the "Hot Spot" of the planet, has a huge varia...
The livestock sector must be redesigned in order to achieve food security sustainably. Several autho...
The preservation of High Nature Value farmland (HNVf) is essential for meeting many of the new Europ...
The EC Reg. 1804/99 takes account of animal production in organic farming. However, these specifica...
Beef pasture-based systems of Europe, especially those located in disfavored areas, play a key role ...
The dehesa is defined as an agroforestry system that is characteristic of the southwestern Iberian P...
Organic production in Spain has increased substantially in recent years due to several factors, such...
Worldwide, native grasslands are being converted to non-native pastures and cropland. This process t...
This chapter analyzes the sustainability of beef cattle systems of the Spanish Rangelands known as “...
The region of Castelo Branco is the 4th main region of Portugal in number of ewes. Sheep production ...