Book of Abstract (incl. addendum) - IFSA symposium 2012
Book of Abstract (incl. addendum) - IFSA symposium 2012
Book of Abstract (incl. addendum) - IFSA symposium 2012
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Workshop 3.1 Farming Systems’ adaptation to climate change<br />
depending on the farmers' objectives and adjustments. Finally, public policies to accompany these<br />
changes are considered.<br />
Several animal species in the same farm: is that a system from the past or an<br />
innovation for the future, face to uncertainty?<br />
Sylvie Cournut and Stephane Ingrand<br />
UMR Métafort, France<br />
Sylvie.Cournut@vetagro-sup.fr<br />
The climatic changes which regularly undergo the breeders bring the researchers to analyse the<br />
configurations <strong>of</strong> breeding systems allowing to reduce their sensibility to the disturbances <strong>of</strong> the<br />
environment.<br />
The diversity <strong>of</strong> animals constituting the herd, allowed by the association <strong>of</strong> two species <strong>of</strong><br />
ruminant animals on the same farm, is a track <strong>of</strong> research, assuming it allows flexibility, adjustments in<br />
the use <strong>of</strong> available resources, thanks to the different and complementary capacities from every animal<br />
category, especially for the land use. The management by the breeder <strong>of</strong> competitions and<br />
complementarities existing between two herds <strong>of</strong> different species, in the particular case <strong>of</strong> our study,<br />
dairy cows and meat sheep, thus appears as particularly interesting to analyze.<br />
Inquiries with eighteen mixed farms breeding dairy cows and meat sheep <strong>of</strong> Massif Central were<br />
realized. They were used as a basis to the construction <strong>of</strong> a typology <strong>of</strong> functioning, which reports<br />
interactions between animal diversity (species and batches) and variety <strong>of</strong> the available resources, on<br />
which the breeder can act and which are a source <strong>of</strong> flexibility for his system.<br />
Four logics <strong>of</strong> functioning were identified and characterized. These logics fairly differ on the spatial<br />
configuration <strong>of</strong> grazing and on the level <strong>of</strong> intensification <strong>of</strong> surfaces.<br />
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