Evaluation of the sustainability of contrasted pig farming systems: the procedure, the evaluated systems and the evaluation tools
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Autor/a
Bonneau, M.
de Greef, K.
Brinkman, D.
Cinar, M. U.
Dourmad, J. Y.
Edge, H. L.
Fàbrega, E.
Gonzàlez, J.
Houwers, H. W. J.
Hviid, M.
Ilari-Antoine, E.
Klauke, T. N.
Phatsara, C.
Rydhmer, L.
van der Oever, B.
Zimmer, C.
Edwards, S. A.
Fecha de publicación
2014-08-28ISSN
1751-7311
Resumen
Although a few studies consider the sustainability of animal farming systems along the three classical main pillars (economy, environment and society), most studies on pig farming systems address only one of these pillars. The present paper is the introduction to a series of companion papers presenting the results of a study undertaken within the EU-supported project Q-PorkChains, aiming at building a comprehensive tool for the evaluation of pig farming systems, which is robust to accommodate the large variability of systems existing in Europe. The tool is mostly based on questions to farmers and comprises a total of 37 dimensions distributed along eight themes: Animal Welfare, Animal Health, Breeding programmes, Environmental Sustainability, Meat Safety, Market Conformity, Economy and Working Conditions. The paper describes the procedure that was used for building the tool, using it on 15 contrasted pig farming systems and analysing the results. The evaluated systems are briefly described and a short overview of the dimensions is provided. Detailed descriptions of the theme-wise tools and results, as well as the results of an integrated evaluation, are available in the companion papers.
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Artículo
Versión del documento
Versión publicada
Lengua
English
Materias (CDU)
636 - Explotación y cría de animales. Cría del ganado y de animales domésticos
Páginas
5
Publicado por
Elsevier
Publicado en
Animal
Citación
Bonneau, M., K. de Greef, D. Brinkman, M.U. Cinar, J.Y. Dourmad, H.L. Edge, and E. Fàbrega et al. 2014. "Evaluation Of The Sustainability Of Contrasted Pig Farming Systems: The Procedure, The Evaluated Systems And The Evaluation Tools". Animal 8 (12): 2011-2015. doi:10.1017/s1751731114002110.
Número del acuerdo de la subvención
EC/FP6/36245/EU/Improving the quality of pork and pork products for the consumer: Development of an innovative, integrated, and sustainable food production chain of high quality pork products matching consumer demand/Q-PORKCHAINS
Program
Benestar Animal
Qualitat i Tecnologia Alimentària
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