Livestock farming embedded in local development: a functional perspective to alleviate vulnerability of farming communities

B. Dedieu, B. Hubert, A. Ickowicz, J.F. Tourrand ( Dir.).
Numéro Spécial de la Revue d’élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux

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Numéro spécial reprenant les actes de la session du même nom proposée et organisée par le réseau Liflod au cours du 9ème International Rangeland Congress (Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, 2-8 April 2011)  [2015, A paraitre]

The objective of the workshop was to increase our understanding of how livestock farming can contribute to the functional integrity of local agro socio- ecosystem leading in to the consideration of what dimensions of livestock farming are embedded in the local system (production but other functions: savings, food for consumption, buffer; practices of local resources use and renewal; knowledge and knowhow; individual and collective organizations; leisure, human-animal relationships; traditions, rules, policies and other institutions) and how they interact with local development. The Workshop brought together a hundred or so participants (= the workshop with one of the highest attendances), concentrating on 4 themes: - Alleviating vulnerability: role of livestock farming (2 sessions) ; - Enhancing livestock farming contribution to local development (2 sessions) - Assessing livestock farming functions to sustainable development - Strengthening policy to sustain livestock farming - Poster session (related to each of the themes)