Chapter 19. Reintroducing livestock to increase the sustainability of village landscapes in West Africa
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9 juin 2020
- doi: 10.4000/books.irdeditions.12391
- isbn: 9782709924245
- eisbn: 9782709924252
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Élise Audouin et al., « Chapter 19. Reintroducing livestock to increase the sustainability of village landscapes in West Africa », IRD Éditions, ID : 10.4000/books.irdeditions.12391
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Introduction In West Africa living conditions and food security improvement are still key issues (Lahmar et al., 2012). Farming systems sustainability is a priority in a context in which the rural population is dominant. Traditionally, integrated agro-sylvo-pastoral systems are in the majority in West Africa (Dugué et al., 2012; Jouve, 2001). They are based on the complementarity of ruminant herds and flocks of ruminants, cereal crops and trees (Jouve, 2001). The sustainability of these syste...