Theoretical and practical considerations in the development of a methodological framework for evaluating sustainability of low-input ruminant farming systems in developing countries
The sustainability of low-input ruminant farming systems remains poorly understood and evaluation frameworks that adequately capture their complexity are lacking. The multiple goals of producers, multipurpose roles of ruminants, animal welfare issues, credence goods and services of the system are om...
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| author | Tawanda Marandure Kennedy Dzama James Bennett Godswill Makombe Cletos Mapiye |
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| description | The sustainability of low-input ruminant farming systems remains poorly understood and evaluation frameworks that adequately capture their complexity are lacking. The multiple goals of producers, multipurpose roles of ruminants, animal welfare issues, credence goods and services of the system are omitted in existing frameworks. In that context, development of a novel comprehensive framework for evaluating the sustainability of the low-put ruminant farming system is important. The current manuscript, therefore, provides an overview of a systemic process for developing a participatory and interdisciplinary methodological framework to measure sustainability of the low-input ruminant farming system. The proposed framework provides guidance on potentially relevant variables and their subcomponents, and for designing appropriate data collection tools, conducting field measurements and analysing results. The suggested framework captures the complex interrelationships within and between dimensions and indicators of sustainability and apply a system dynamics approach to integrate the indicators into an overall measure of the sustainability of a system. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9bfb37dd01df4eacb5c575f8ec84ec7f2022-12-21T23:18:59ZengElsevierEnvironmental and Sustainability Indicators2665-97272020-12-018100058Theoretical and practical considerations in the development of a methodological framework for evaluating sustainability of low-input ruminant farming systems in developing countriesTawanda Marandure0Kennedy Dzama1James Bennett2Godswill Makombe3Cletos Mapiye4Department of Animal Sciences, Stellenbosch University, P. Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South AfricaDepartment of Animal Sciences, Stellenbosch University, P. Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South AfricaCentre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR), Coventry University, Ryton Gardens, Wolston Lane, Coventry, CV8 3LG, UKGordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, 26 Melville Road, Illovo, Johannesburg, South AfricaDepartment of Animal Sciences, Stellenbosch University, P. Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa; Corresponding author.The sustainability of low-input ruminant farming systems remains poorly understood and evaluation frameworks that adequately capture their complexity are lacking. The multiple goals of producers, multipurpose roles of ruminants, animal welfare issues, credence goods and services of the system are omitted in existing frameworks. In that context, development of a novel comprehensive framework for evaluating the sustainability of the low-put ruminant farming system is important. The current manuscript, therefore, provides an overview of a systemic process for developing a participatory and interdisciplinary methodological framework to measure sustainability of the low-input ruminant farming system. The proposed framework provides guidance on potentially relevant variables and their subcomponents, and for designing appropriate data collection tools, conducting field measurements and analysing results. The suggested framework captures the complex interrelationships within and between dimensions and indicators of sustainability and apply a system dynamics approach to integrate the indicators into an overall measure of the sustainability of a system.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665972720300404Low-input ruminant farmingSustainability evaluationMultifunctional rolesCredence goods and servicesSystem dynamics approach |
| spellingShingle | Tawanda Marandure Kennedy Dzama James Bennett Godswill Makombe Cletos Mapiye Theoretical and practical considerations in the development of a methodological framework for evaluating sustainability of low-input ruminant farming systems in developing countries Environmental and Sustainability Indicators Low-input ruminant farming Sustainability evaluation Multifunctional roles Credence goods and services System dynamics approach |
| title | Theoretical and practical considerations in the development of a methodological framework for evaluating sustainability of low-input ruminant farming systems in developing countries |
| title_full | Theoretical and practical considerations in the development of a methodological framework for evaluating sustainability of low-input ruminant farming systems in developing countries |
| title_fullStr | Theoretical and practical considerations in the development of a methodological framework for evaluating sustainability of low-input ruminant farming systems in developing countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Theoretical and practical considerations in the development of a methodological framework for evaluating sustainability of low-input ruminant farming systems in developing countries |
| title_short | Theoretical and practical considerations in the development of a methodological framework for evaluating sustainability of low-input ruminant farming systems in developing countries |
| title_sort | theoretical and practical considerations in the development of a methodological framework for evaluating sustainability of low input ruminant farming systems in developing countries |
| topic | Low-input ruminant farming Sustainability evaluation Multifunctional roles Credence goods and services System dynamics approach |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665972720300404 |
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