Assessing farmer perceptions on livestock intensification and associated trade-offs using fuzzy cognitive maps; a study in mixed farming systems in the mid-hills of Nepal

Autores
Alomia-Hinojosa, Victoria; Groot, Jeroen C.J.; Andersson, Jens A.; Speelman, Erika N.; McDonald, Andrew J.; Tittonell, Pablo Adrian
Año de publicación
2023
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inglés
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artículo
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versión publicada
Descripción
Intensified livestock production is considered as a promising pathway for smallholder farmers. Nevertheless, this pathway may entail prohibitive investment requirements of labour, capital or trade-offs at farm level that preclude sustainable intensification. We used fuzzy cognitive mapping (FCM) to assess farmers' perceptions of changes in the farm household system resulting from adding livestock to their mixed farms. Farmers identified trade-offs between the increased income and farmyard manure production versus increases in labour requirements for fodder imports. Furthermore, a sensitivity analysis performed on the FCMs showed that an increase in milk market demand could have strong positive effects on livestock production and income. We conclude that FCM is a good tool to rapidly identify trade-offs and analyse perceptions of farmers which revealed that although they consider intensification a promising strategy, the perceived deepening of labour constraints and increasing dependency on fodder import makes a concurrent (sustainable) intensification of these farm systems unlikely.
EEA Bariloche
Fil: Alomia-Hinojosa, Victoria. Wageningen University & Research. Farming Systems Ecology Group, Plant Sciences; Países Bajos.
Fil: Alomia_Hinojosa, Victoria. Universidad de San Francisco de Quito. Ingeniería en Agronomía.Colegio de Ciencias e Ingeniería, Ecuador.
Fil: Groot, Jeroen C.J. Wageningen University & Research. Farming Systems Ecology Group, Plant Sciences; Países Bajos.
Fil: Groot, Jeroen C.J. Bioversity International.Development Impact Unit; Italia.
Fil: Groot, Jeroen C.J. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT). Sustainable Intensification Program; Mexico.
Fil: Andersson, Jens A. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT). Sustainable Intensification Program; Mexico.
Fil: Andersson, Jens A. Wageningen University & Research. Environmental Sciences. Laboratory of Geo-Information Science and Remote Sensing; Países Bajos.
Fil: McDonald, Andrew J. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT); Nepal
Fil: Mc Donald, Andrew J. Cornell University. School of Integrative Plant Sciences. Section of Soil and Crop Sciences, Estados Unidos.
Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina.
Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina
Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Groningen University. Groningen Institute of Evolutionary Life Sciences; Países Bajos.
Fuente
Systems Research and Behavioral Science 40 (1) : 146-158 (January-February 2023)
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Pequeños Agricultores
Ganado
Hogares
Intensificación
Smallholders
Livestock
Households
Intensification
Nepal
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spelling Assessing farmer perceptions on livestock intensification and associated trade-offs using fuzzy cognitive maps; a study in mixed farming systems in the mid-hills of NepalAlomia-Hinojosa, VictoriaGroot, Jeroen C.J.Andersson, Jens A.Speelman, Erika N.McDonald, Andrew J.Tittonell, Pablo AdrianPequeños AgricultoresGanadoHogaresIntensificaciónSmallholdersLivestockHouseholdsIntensificationNepalIntensified livestock production is considered as a promising pathway for smallholder farmers. Nevertheless, this pathway may entail prohibitive investment requirements of labour, capital or trade-offs at farm level that preclude sustainable intensification. We used fuzzy cognitive mapping (FCM) to assess farmers' perceptions of changes in the farm household system resulting from adding livestock to their mixed farms. Farmers identified trade-offs between the increased income and farmyard manure production versus increases in labour requirements for fodder imports. Furthermore, a sensitivity analysis performed on the FCMs showed that an increase in milk market demand could have strong positive effects on livestock production and income. We conclude that FCM is a good tool to rapidly identify trade-offs and analyse perceptions of farmers which revealed that although they consider intensification a promising strategy, the perceived deepening of labour constraints and increasing dependency on fodder import makes a concurrent (sustainable) intensification of these farm systems unlikely.EEA BarilocheFil: Alomia-Hinojosa, Victoria. Wageningen University & Research. Farming Systems Ecology Group, Plant Sciences; Países Bajos.Fil: Alomia_Hinojosa, Victoria. Universidad de San Francisco de Quito. Ingeniería en Agronomía.Colegio de Ciencias e Ingeniería, Ecuador.Fil: Groot, Jeroen C.J. Wageningen University & Research. Farming Systems Ecology Group, Plant Sciences; Países Bajos.Fil: Groot, Jeroen C.J. Bioversity International.Development Impact Unit; Italia.Fil: Groot, Jeroen C.J. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT). Sustainable Intensification Program; Mexico.Fil: Andersson, Jens A. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT). Sustainable Intensification Program; Mexico.Fil: Andersson, Jens A. Wageningen University & Research. Environmental Sciences. Laboratory of Geo-Information Science and Remote Sensing; Países Bajos.Fil: McDonald, Andrew J. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT); NepalFil: Mc Donald, Andrew J. Cornell University. School of Integrative Plant Sciences. Section of Soil and Crop Sciences, Estados Unidos.Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina.Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; ArgentinaFil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Groningen University. Groningen Institute of Evolutionary Life Sciences; Países Bajos.Wiley2023-08-16T12:01:18Z2023-08-16T12:01:18Z2023-02info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/14926https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sres.28301099-17431092-7026https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.2830Systems Research and Behavioral Science 40 (1) : 146-158 (January-February 2023)reponame:INTA Digital (INTA)instname:Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuariaenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)2025-10-23T11:18:25Zoai:localhost:20.500.12123/14926instacron:INTAInstitucionalhttp://repositorio.inta.gob.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://repositorio.inta.gob.ar/oai/requesttripaldi.nicolas@inta.gob.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:l2025-10-23 11:18:25.627INTA Digital (INTA) - Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuariafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Assessing farmer perceptions on livestock intensification and associated trade-offs using fuzzy cognitive maps; a study in mixed farming systems in the mid-hills of Nepal
title Assessing farmer perceptions on livestock intensification and associated trade-offs using fuzzy cognitive maps; a study in mixed farming systems in the mid-hills of Nepal
spellingShingle Assessing farmer perceptions on livestock intensification and associated trade-offs using fuzzy cognitive maps; a study in mixed farming systems in the mid-hills of Nepal
Alomia-Hinojosa, Victoria
Pequeños Agricultores
Ganado
Hogares
Intensificación
Smallholders
Livestock
Households
Intensification
Nepal
title_short Assessing farmer perceptions on livestock intensification and associated trade-offs using fuzzy cognitive maps; a study in mixed farming systems in the mid-hills of Nepal
title_full Assessing farmer perceptions on livestock intensification and associated trade-offs using fuzzy cognitive maps; a study in mixed farming systems in the mid-hills of Nepal
title_fullStr Assessing farmer perceptions on livestock intensification and associated trade-offs using fuzzy cognitive maps; a study in mixed farming systems in the mid-hills of Nepal
title_full_unstemmed Assessing farmer perceptions on livestock intensification and associated trade-offs using fuzzy cognitive maps; a study in mixed farming systems in the mid-hills of Nepal
title_sort Assessing farmer perceptions on livestock intensification and associated trade-offs using fuzzy cognitive maps; a study in mixed farming systems in the mid-hills of Nepal
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Alomia-Hinojosa, Victoria
Groot, Jeroen C.J.
Andersson, Jens A.
Speelman, Erika N.
McDonald, Andrew J.
Tittonell, Pablo Adrian
author Alomia-Hinojosa, Victoria
author_facet Alomia-Hinojosa, Victoria
Groot, Jeroen C.J.
Andersson, Jens A.
Speelman, Erika N.
McDonald, Andrew J.
Tittonell, Pablo Adrian
author_role author
author2 Groot, Jeroen C.J.
Andersson, Jens A.
Speelman, Erika N.
McDonald, Andrew J.
Tittonell, Pablo Adrian
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Pequeños Agricultores
Ganado
Hogares
Intensificación
Smallholders
Livestock
Households
Intensification
Nepal
topic Pequeños Agricultores
Ganado
Hogares
Intensificación
Smallholders
Livestock
Households
Intensification
Nepal
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Intensified livestock production is considered as a promising pathway for smallholder farmers. Nevertheless, this pathway may entail prohibitive investment requirements of labour, capital or trade-offs at farm level that preclude sustainable intensification. We used fuzzy cognitive mapping (FCM) to assess farmers' perceptions of changes in the farm household system resulting from adding livestock to their mixed farms. Farmers identified trade-offs between the increased income and farmyard manure production versus increases in labour requirements for fodder imports. Furthermore, a sensitivity analysis performed on the FCMs showed that an increase in milk market demand could have strong positive effects on livestock production and income. We conclude that FCM is a good tool to rapidly identify trade-offs and analyse perceptions of farmers which revealed that although they consider intensification a promising strategy, the perceived deepening of labour constraints and increasing dependency on fodder import makes a concurrent (sustainable) intensification of these farm systems unlikely.
EEA Bariloche
Fil: Alomia-Hinojosa, Victoria. Wageningen University & Research. Farming Systems Ecology Group, Plant Sciences; Países Bajos.
Fil: Alomia_Hinojosa, Victoria. Universidad de San Francisco de Quito. Ingeniería en Agronomía.Colegio de Ciencias e Ingeniería, Ecuador.
Fil: Groot, Jeroen C.J. Wageningen University & Research. Farming Systems Ecology Group, Plant Sciences; Países Bajos.
Fil: Groot, Jeroen C.J. Bioversity International.Development Impact Unit; Italia.
Fil: Groot, Jeroen C.J. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT). Sustainable Intensification Program; Mexico.
Fil: Andersson, Jens A. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT). Sustainable Intensification Program; Mexico.
Fil: Andersson, Jens A. Wageningen University & Research. Environmental Sciences. Laboratory of Geo-Information Science and Remote Sensing; Países Bajos.
Fil: McDonald, Andrew J. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT); Nepal
Fil: Mc Donald, Andrew J. Cornell University. School of Integrative Plant Sciences. Section of Soil and Crop Sciences, Estados Unidos.
Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina.
Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina
Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Groningen University. Groningen Institute of Evolutionary Life Sciences; Países Bajos.
description Intensified livestock production is considered as a promising pathway for smallholder farmers. Nevertheless, this pathway may entail prohibitive investment requirements of labour, capital or trade-offs at farm level that preclude sustainable intensification. We used fuzzy cognitive mapping (FCM) to assess farmers' perceptions of changes in the farm household system resulting from adding livestock to their mixed farms. Farmers identified trade-offs between the increased income and farmyard manure production versus increases in labour requirements for fodder imports. Furthermore, a sensitivity analysis performed on the FCMs showed that an increase in milk market demand could have strong positive effects on livestock production and income. We conclude that FCM is a good tool to rapidly identify trade-offs and analyse perceptions of farmers which revealed that although they consider intensification a promising strategy, the perceived deepening of labour constraints and increasing dependency on fodder import makes a concurrent (sustainable) intensification of these farm systems unlikely.
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