Policies and practices of pastoralism in Europe
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Citation: Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice 2011 1:28
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The Common Agricultural Policy vis-Ã -vis European pastoralists: principles and practices
This article reviews how the European Union Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) currently addresses pastoralists' needs in Europe, and could further contribute to sustainable management of pastoral areas. The CAP...
Citation: Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice 2011 1:27 -
Agro-silvo-pastoral systems in Italy: integration and diversification
The paper describes recent changes in pastoral systems in Italy and provides an assessment of current farming systems in marginal areas of the country, where extensive livestock rearing still represents an opt...
Citation: Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice 2011 1:26 -
What is traditional pastoral farming? The politics of heritage and 'real values' in Swedish summer farms (fäbodbruk)
The number of pastoralists maintaining production systems with small numbers of traditional breeds of cattle decreased dramatically with the modernisation and industrialisation of agriculture in Europe during ...
Citation: Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice 2011 1:25 -
Past, present and future of pastoralism in Greece
Pastoral farming has been a feature of the Greek scene since antiquity. The geomorphology of the area, climatic conditions and the prevailing systems of agricultural production in lowland regions at any given ...
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Kurdish Transhumance: Pastoral practices in South-east Turkey
In a book dated 2002, there is a map of the Mediterranean region which identifies areas where seasonal movements of sheep flocks still take place. Turkey figures prominently, but only the western part of the c...
Citation: Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice 2011 1:23