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      Structural characterization of extensive farms in andalusian dehesas Translated title: Caracterización estructural de los sistemas ganaderos de las dehesas andaluzas

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          Three types of livestock farming systems are identified in Andalusian dehesas using multivariate analysis. One of two conservationist systems, both applying sustainable management criteria, was detected in most of farms: dehesa farming system (49% of farms): small extensive cattle and sheep farms, which adapt stocking rates to the availability of the land's natural resources, and occasional use of strategic food supplementation; mountain farming system (21%) also relative to small farms, with mainly small ruminants and limited use of technology. The third system was a yield targeted system (30%), corresponding mainly to large cattle farms, with greater use of technology and high levels of food supplementation caused by stocking rates that exceed the land's carrying capacity. Typology defined can be used as starting point to base technical and economic characterization of farming systems taking into consideration their current and future viability.

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          Mediante análisis multivariante se establecieron tres tipos de sistemas ganaderos en las dehesas andaluzas. En 49% de las explotaciones se detectó un sistema ganadero denominado conservacionista de dehesa que corresponde a pequeñas explotaciones de bovino y ovino con bajo nivel de intensificación y carga ganadera ajustada a la disponibilidad alimenticia usando ocasionalmente suplementación estratégica. Las explotaciones (21%) del sistema conservacionista de sierra y montaña son también de reducida dimensión, con predominio de pequeños rumiantes y bajo empleo de tecnología. El sistema productivista (30% de las explotaciones) corresponde a ganaderías con predominio de bovinos, de mayor dimensión y nivel tecnológico que utilizan elevados niveles de suplementación pues sus cargas ganaderas están por encima de la capacidad de la dehesa. Los tipos establecidos pueden servir de punto de partida para la caracterización técnica y económica de los sistemas ganaderos considerando su viabilidad actual y futura.

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                azoo
                Archivos de Zootecnia
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                Universidad de Córdoba (Córdoba, ANdalucía, Spain )
                0004-0592
                1885-4494
                December 2010
                : 59
                : 228
                : 577-588
                Affiliations
                [02] Santiago orgnamePontificia Universidad Católica de Chile orgdiv1Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal Chile pmtoro@ 123456uc.cl
                [01] Cordoba orgnameUniversity of Cordoba orgdiv1Production Building orgdiv2Campus Rabanales Spain pa2pemuj@ 123456uco.es
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                S0004-05922010000400011
                10.4321/s0004-05922010000400011
                4200f9de-2821-4438-a4ea-cb2504fcf852

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.

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                : 05 March 2009
                : 10 November 2008
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 40, Pages: 12
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                Análisis factorial,Tipología de explotaciones,Sistemas ganaderos extensivos,Factorial analysis,Farm typology,Livestock farming systems

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