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Títol: Avaluació ambiental, social i econòmica d'explotacions ramaderes del Pallars

Estudiant que ha llegit aquest projecte:

Tutor/a o Cotutor/a: CONTRERAS JODAR, ALEXANDRA

Departament: DEAB

Títol: Avaluació ambiental, social i econòmica d'explotacions ramaderes del Pallars

Data inici oferta: 01-03-2020      Data finalització oferta: 01-07-2020

Estudis d'assignació del projecte:
    GR ENG CIEN AGRONOM

Lloc de realització:
EEABB

Segon tutor/a extern: Mireia Ercilla

Paraules clau:
Avaluació ambiental, ramaderia, eines, agroecologia

Descripció del contingut i pla d'activitats:
L'Escola de Pastors preten fer ús de diferents eines d'avaluació
en explotacions ramaderes del Pallars tant ambientalment,
socialment com econòmicament. L'estudi es troba dins el marc d'un
projecte Europeu (i.e., Setting up a Learning Platform for
Farmers’ Access to Land) centrat en conèixer i desenvolupar eines
pràctiques i habilitats que els ajudin a acompanyar projectes
d’accés a la terra.

Per a més info: https://www.accesstoland.eu/Setting-up-a-
Learning-Platform-for-Farmers-Access-to-Land

Overview (resum en anglès): The livestock sector is immersed in the problem of aging and the rural exodus. Agricultural technology and the organic farming model monopolize the Global Food System, leaving small agro-ecological farms behind. Land access and generation succession are key factors in its survival. Some new projects that put human and natural environment in the first place are emerging, giving way to an incipient increase in small-scale livestock farming.
In order to assess the viability of agro-ecological projects, it is important to evaluate farms globally, generating a transparency tool for the farmer, a space for debate and reflection and an instrument of improvement. With this aim, global sustainability assessment tools are being implemented.
As part of a European project, the Escola de Pastors decided to compare four of them to assess their adaptation and viability when applying to the context of the Catalan Pyrenees and Pre-Pyrenees. The four tools have been chosen out of the information extracted from their manuals and from some studies. Different evaluation tools were compared and finally, Idea, Fadear, Dialect and Safa were chosen. Through this project, their adaptability to the studied context were checked. The studied farms were chosen with the aim of showing the diversity of agro-livestock projects in the area.
In order to carry out the study, the indicators of the four tools were unified in a single interview, which were held in the three farms. Then, the answers from the three tools were emptied and the results were compared. One of the four tools had to be removed in this process.
The comparison evaluates, on the one hand, technical terms such as the format of the tool, the time and the effort invested or the feasibility. On the other hand, the content terms were also evaluated, such as the adaptation of the tool to agroecology, whether it takes into account the diversity of companies or if it is precise enough, among other variables.
Conclusions are that Fadear and Idea tools are very similar to each other and adapt quite well to the studied context, but with some nuances between them. On the other hand, Safa tool does not adapt so well to the context and differs greatly from the other two, being more suitable for bigger companies. The research also shows that the investment of time and effort in applying three tools at a time is high, and that applying only a direct one would be much simpler and more effective. It has been seen that it is essential that the tools are adjustable and dynamic so that one can adapt them to different contexts. It has also been considered important that the tools generate self-criticism and reflection in farmers in order to develop better management practices.

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