The application of ecologically intensive principles to the systemic redesign of livestock farms on native grasslands: A case of co-innovation in Rocha, Uruguay
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- Ruggia, Andrea; Dogliotti, Santiago; Aguerre, Maria Veronica; Albicette, Maria Marta; Blumetto, Oscar; Cardozo, Geronimo; Leoni, Carolina; Quintans, Graciela; Scarlato, Santiago; Tittonell, Pablo Adrian; Rossing, Walter A.H.
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- CONTEXT: Family-run cow-calf farms based on native grasslands exhibit low economic and social sustainability, as reflected in low family incomes and high workloads. Experimental results have shown that pasture–herd interaction management could improve native grasslands and animal productivity OBJECTIVE: This paper analyzes the extent to which the sustainability of family-run livestock farms based on native grasslands could be enhanced by a systemic redesign informed by ecological intensification practices. The research questions address the initial state of farm sustainability, key bottlenecks to improving farm sustainability, and changes in sustainability criteria achieved over three years of farm redesign. METHODS: The study was executed as part of a multi-level co-innovation project in Uruguay in which a team of scientist-practitioners and seven farm families participated in farm characterization, diagnosis, and redesign. The farm characterization took the form of indicators to describe the farms’ management and bio-physical subsystems. Redesign plans were negotiated between the research team and the farmers. Frequent monitoring and evaluation cycles enabled finetuning across the years of implementation. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Improvements were observed in the economic indicators gross margin (+55%), return to labor (+71%), and family income (+53%) and in the social indicator workload ( 22%), and the environmental indicators bird diversity and ecosystem integrity index were maintained or increased slightly. These changes were explained by the uptake of coherent sets of ecological intensification practices causing changes in forage height (+30%), forage allowance (+69%), pregnancy (+22), weight of weaning calf per mating cow (+32%), and presence of tussocks (+65%). Ecological intensification principles resulted in synergistic positive effects between productivity–biodiversity tradeoffs and the scope for enhanced farm resilience and stability. SIGNIFICANCE: Cow-calf family-run farms can be transformed to produce positive environmental and social effects and viable economic results. The implementation of projects in a co-innovation context may be taken as a guide to scaling up and scaling out the ecological intensification of livestock production on native grasslands, contributing to an extension system at the national level with the aim of improving cow-calf systems sustainability.
Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche
Fil: Ruggia, Andrea. Instituto Nacional de Investigacion Agropecuaria (INIA). Programa Nacional de Investigacion en Produccion Familiar. Estacion Experimental INIA Las Brujas; Uruguay
Fil: Dogliotti, Santiago. Universidad de la República. Facultad de Agronomía. Departamento de Produccion Vegetal; Uruguay
Fil: Aguerre, Maria Veronica. Instituto Nacional de Investigacion Agropecuaria (INIA). Programa Nacional de Investigacion en Produccion Familiar. Estacion Experimental INIA Las Brujas; Uruguay
Fil: Albicette, Maria Marta. Instituto Nacional de Investigacion Agropecuaria (INIA). Programa Nacional de Investigacion en Produccion Familiar. Estacion Experimental INIA Las Brujas; Uruguay
Fil: Blumetto, Oscar. Instituto Nacional de Investigacion Agropecuaria (INIA). Programa Nacional de Investigacion en Produccion Familiar. Estacion Experimental INIA Las Brujas; Uruguay
Fil: Cardozo, Geronimo. Instituto Nacional de Investigacion Agropecuaria (INIA). Programa Nacional de Investigacion en Pasturas y Forrajes. Estacion Experimental INIA Treinta y Tres; Uruguay
Fil: Leoni, Carolina. Instituto Nacional de Investigacion Agropecuaria (INIA). Programa Nacional de Investigacion en Produccion Familiar. Estacion Experimental INIA Las Brujas; Uruguay
Fil: Quintans, Graciela. Instituto Nacional de Investigacion Agropecuaria (INIA). Programa Nacional de Investigacion en Carne y Lana. Estacion Experimental INIA Treinta y Tres; Uruguay
Fil: Scarlato, Santiago. nstituto Nacional de Investigacion Agropecuaria (INIA). Programa Nacional de Investigacion en Produccion Familiar. Estacion Experimental INIA Las Brujas; Uruguay
Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche; Argentina
Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina
Fil: Rossing, Walter A.H. Wageningen University and Research. Farming Systems Ecology, Plant Sciences Group; Holanda - Fuente
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The application of ecologically intensive principles to the systemic redesign of livestock farms on native grasslands: A case of co-innovation in Rocha, UruguayRuggia, AndreaDogliotti, SantiagoAguerre, Maria VeronicaAlbicette, Maria MartaBlumetto, OscarCardozo, GeronimoLeoni, CarolinaQuintans, GracielaScarlato, SantiagoTittonell, Pablo AdrianRossing, Walter A.H.Granjas LecherasExplotación Agrícola FamiliarSostenibilidadPastizal NaturalPastizalesDairy FarmsFamily FarmsSustainabilityNatural PasturesPasturesCONTEXT: Family-run cow-calf farms based on native grasslands exhibit low economic and social sustainability, as reflected in low family incomes and high workloads. Experimental results have shown that pasture–herd interaction management could improve native grasslands and animal productivity OBJECTIVE: This paper analyzes the extent to which the sustainability of family-run livestock farms based on native grasslands could be enhanced by a systemic redesign informed by ecological intensification practices. The research questions address the initial state of farm sustainability, key bottlenecks to improving farm sustainability, and changes in sustainability criteria achieved over three years of farm redesign. METHODS: The study was executed as part of a multi-level co-innovation project in Uruguay in which a team of scientist-practitioners and seven farm families participated in farm characterization, diagnosis, and redesign. The farm characterization took the form of indicators to describe the farms’ management and bio-physical subsystems. Redesign plans were negotiated between the research team and the farmers. Frequent monitoring and evaluation cycles enabled finetuning across the years of implementation. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Improvements were observed in the economic indicators gross margin (+55%), return to labor (+71%), and family income (+53%) and in the social indicator workload ( 22%), and the environmental indicators bird diversity and ecosystem integrity index were maintained or increased slightly. These changes were explained by the uptake of coherent sets of ecological intensification practices causing changes in forage height (+30%), forage allowance (+69%), pregnancy (+22), weight of weaning calf per mating cow (+32%), and presence of tussocks (+65%). Ecological intensification principles resulted in synergistic positive effects between productivity–biodiversity tradeoffs and the scope for enhanced farm resilience and stability. SIGNIFICANCE: Cow-calf family-run farms can be transformed to produce positive environmental and social effects and viable economic results. The implementation of projects in a co-innovation context may be taken as a guide to scaling up and scaling out the ecological intensification of livestock production on native grasslands, contributing to an extension system at the national level with the aim of improving cow-calf systems sustainability.Estación Experimental Agropecuaria BarilocheFil: Ruggia, Andrea. Instituto Nacional de Investigacion Agropecuaria (INIA). Programa Nacional de Investigacion en Produccion Familiar. Estacion Experimental INIA Las Brujas; UruguayFil: Dogliotti, Santiago. Universidad de la República. Facultad de Agronomía. Departamento de Produccion Vegetal; UruguayFil: Aguerre, Maria Veronica. Instituto Nacional de Investigacion Agropecuaria (INIA). Programa Nacional de Investigacion en Produccion Familiar. Estacion Experimental INIA Las Brujas; UruguayFil: Albicette, Maria Marta. Instituto Nacional de Investigacion Agropecuaria (INIA). Programa Nacional de Investigacion en Produccion Familiar. Estacion Experimental INIA Las Brujas; UruguayFil: Blumetto, Oscar. Instituto Nacional de Investigacion Agropecuaria (INIA). Programa Nacional de Investigacion en Produccion Familiar. Estacion Experimental INIA Las Brujas; UruguayFil: Cardozo, Geronimo. Instituto Nacional de Investigacion Agropecuaria (INIA). Programa Nacional de Investigacion en Pasturas y Forrajes. Estacion Experimental INIA Treinta y Tres; UruguayFil: Leoni, Carolina. Instituto Nacional de Investigacion Agropecuaria (INIA). Programa Nacional de Investigacion en Produccion Familiar. Estacion Experimental INIA Las Brujas; UruguayFil: Quintans, Graciela. Instituto Nacional de Investigacion Agropecuaria (INIA). Programa Nacional de Investigacion en Carne y Lana. Estacion Experimental INIA Treinta y Tres; UruguayFil: Scarlato, Santiago. nstituto Nacional de Investigacion Agropecuaria (INIA). Programa Nacional de Investigacion en Produccion Familiar. Estacion Experimental INIA Las Brujas; UruguayFil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche; ArgentinaFil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; ArgentinaFil: Rossing, Walter A.H. Wageningen University and Research. 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The application of ecologically intensive principles to the systemic redesign of livestock farms on native grasslands: A case of co-innovation in Rocha, Uruguay |
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The application of ecologically intensive principles to the systemic redesign of livestock farms on native grasslands: A case of co-innovation in Rocha, Uruguay Ruggia, Andrea Granjas Lecheras Explotación Agrícola Familiar Sostenibilidad Pastizal Natural Pastizales Dairy Farms Family Farms Sustainability Natural Pastures Pastures |
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The application of ecologically intensive principles to the systemic redesign of livestock farms on native grasslands: A case of co-innovation in Rocha, Uruguay |
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Ruggia, Andrea Dogliotti, Santiago Aguerre, Maria Veronica Albicette, Maria Marta Blumetto, Oscar Cardozo, Geronimo Leoni, Carolina Quintans, Graciela Scarlato, Santiago Tittonell, Pablo Adrian Rossing, Walter A.H. |
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CONTEXT: Family-run cow-calf farms based on native grasslands exhibit low economic and social sustainability, as reflected in low family incomes and high workloads. Experimental results have shown that pasture–herd interaction management could improve native grasslands and animal productivity OBJECTIVE: This paper analyzes the extent to which the sustainability of family-run livestock farms based on native grasslands could be enhanced by a systemic redesign informed by ecological intensification practices. The research questions address the initial state of farm sustainability, key bottlenecks to improving farm sustainability, and changes in sustainability criteria achieved over three years of farm redesign. METHODS: The study was executed as part of a multi-level co-innovation project in Uruguay in which a team of scientist-practitioners and seven farm families participated in farm characterization, diagnosis, and redesign. The farm characterization took the form of indicators to describe the farms’ management and bio-physical subsystems. Redesign plans were negotiated between the research team and the farmers. Frequent monitoring and evaluation cycles enabled finetuning across the years of implementation. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Improvements were observed in the economic indicators gross margin (+55%), return to labor (+71%), and family income (+53%) and in the social indicator workload ( 22%), and the environmental indicators bird diversity and ecosystem integrity index were maintained or increased slightly. These changes were explained by the uptake of coherent sets of ecological intensification practices causing changes in forage height (+30%), forage allowance (+69%), pregnancy (+22), weight of weaning calf per mating cow (+32%), and presence of tussocks (+65%). Ecological intensification principles resulted in synergistic positive effects between productivity–biodiversity tradeoffs and the scope for enhanced farm resilience and stability. SIGNIFICANCE: Cow-calf family-run farms can be transformed to produce positive environmental and social effects and viable economic results. The implementation of projects in a co-innovation context may be taken as a guide to scaling up and scaling out the ecological intensification of livestock production on native grasslands, contributing to an extension system at the national level with the aim of improving cow-calf systems sustainability. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche Fil: Ruggia, Andrea. Instituto Nacional de Investigacion Agropecuaria (INIA). Programa Nacional de Investigacion en Produccion Familiar. Estacion Experimental INIA Las Brujas; Uruguay Fil: Dogliotti, Santiago. Universidad de la República. Facultad de Agronomía. Departamento de Produccion Vegetal; Uruguay Fil: Aguerre, Maria Veronica. Instituto Nacional de Investigacion Agropecuaria (INIA). Programa Nacional de Investigacion en Produccion Familiar. Estacion Experimental INIA Las Brujas; Uruguay Fil: Albicette, Maria Marta. Instituto Nacional de Investigacion Agropecuaria (INIA). Programa Nacional de Investigacion en Produccion Familiar. Estacion Experimental INIA Las Brujas; Uruguay Fil: Blumetto, Oscar. Instituto Nacional de Investigacion Agropecuaria (INIA). Programa Nacional de Investigacion en Produccion Familiar. Estacion Experimental INIA Las Brujas; Uruguay Fil: Cardozo, Geronimo. Instituto Nacional de Investigacion Agropecuaria (INIA). Programa Nacional de Investigacion en Pasturas y Forrajes. Estacion Experimental INIA Treinta y Tres; Uruguay Fil: Leoni, Carolina. Instituto Nacional de Investigacion Agropecuaria (INIA). Programa Nacional de Investigacion en Produccion Familiar. Estacion Experimental INIA Las Brujas; Uruguay Fil: Quintans, Graciela. Instituto Nacional de Investigacion Agropecuaria (INIA). Programa Nacional de Investigacion en Carne y Lana. Estacion Experimental INIA Treinta y Tres; Uruguay Fil: Scarlato, Santiago. nstituto Nacional de Investigacion Agropecuaria (INIA). Programa Nacional de Investigacion en Produccion Familiar. Estacion Experimental INIA Las Brujas; Uruguay Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Rossing, Walter A.H. Wageningen University and Research. Farming Systems Ecology, Plant Sciences Group; Holanda |
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CONTEXT: Family-run cow-calf farms based on native grasslands exhibit low economic and social sustainability, as reflected in low family incomes and high workloads. Experimental results have shown that pasture–herd interaction management could improve native grasslands and animal productivity OBJECTIVE: This paper analyzes the extent to which the sustainability of family-run livestock farms based on native grasslands could be enhanced by a systemic redesign informed by ecological intensification practices. The research questions address the initial state of farm sustainability, key bottlenecks to improving farm sustainability, and changes in sustainability criteria achieved over three years of farm redesign. METHODS: The study was executed as part of a multi-level co-innovation project in Uruguay in which a team of scientist-practitioners and seven farm families participated in farm characterization, diagnosis, and redesign. The farm characterization took the form of indicators to describe the farms’ management and bio-physical subsystems. Redesign plans were negotiated between the research team and the farmers. Frequent monitoring and evaluation cycles enabled finetuning across the years of implementation. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Improvements were observed in the economic indicators gross margin (+55%), return to labor (+71%), and family income (+53%) and in the social indicator workload ( 22%), and the environmental indicators bird diversity and ecosystem integrity index were maintained or increased slightly. These changes were explained by the uptake of coherent sets of ecological intensification practices causing changes in forage height (+30%), forage allowance (+69%), pregnancy (+22), weight of weaning calf per mating cow (+32%), and presence of tussocks (+65%). Ecological intensification principles resulted in synergistic positive effects between productivity–biodiversity tradeoffs and the scope for enhanced farm resilience and stability. SIGNIFICANCE: Cow-calf family-run farms can be transformed to produce positive environmental and social effects and viable economic results. The implementation of projects in a co-innovation context may be taken as a guide to scaling up and scaling out the ecological intensification of livestock production on native grasslands, contributing to an extension system at the national level with the aim of improving cow-calf systems sustainability. |
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