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Livestock Farmers’ Working Conditions in Agroecological Farming Systems. A Review

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Duval, Julie, Cournut, Sylvie, Hostiou, Nathalie·2021·Agronomy for Sustainable Development

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Abstract The livestock farming sector is under stress as fewer and fewer people are willing or able to become livestock farmers. Contributing to the decline in attractiveness of the profession are, among other factors, agricultural crises, higher consumer expectations, and difficult working conditions. Agroecology is a sustainable solution that can maintain livestock production and provide positive contributions to society without negatively affecting the environment. Moreover, in its search for social sustainability, agroecological farming could offer better working conditions to farmers and thus contribute to a sustainable future for the livestock farming sector. Here, we review research on livestock farmers’ working conditions in agroecological farming systems. This paper aims to give a comprehensive overview of the available research findings and the dimensions used to describe farmers’ working conditions. The major findings are the following: (i) relatively little published research is available; (ii) it is difficult to compare findings across studies as different dimensions are used to study working conditions and, in certain cases, detailed descriptions of the farming systems are not provided; (iii) certain dimensions were rarely addressed, such as farmers’ health, or work organization; and (iv) in general, farmers’ work is addressed as a component of environmental and economic analyses of the performance of agroecological livestock farming systems, using most often indicators on labor productivity and/or efficiency. Comprehensive multidimensional approaches to study working conditions are lacking, as are studies on the interactions and trade-offs between dimensions (e.g., workload, fulfillment, work organization). To study livestock farmers’ working conditions in agroecological farming systems, we recommend to use a comprehensive approach assessing different dimensions contributing to working conditions, combined with the description of farmers’ activities and work environment.

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Authors
Duval, J., Cournut, S., & Hostiou, N.
Affiliations
Université Clermont Auvergne (FR)
Corresponding author
Duval, Julie
Venue
Agronomy for Sustainable Development
Published
2021-03-17
Volume
41
Issue
2
Pages
22
ISSN
  • 1773-0155 (ISSN-L)
  • 1774-0746
OpenAlex
W3153125947
Cited by
38
References
52
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 1
FWCI
4.36
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Agronomy for Sustainable Development (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
  • Oskar-Bordeaux (Universite de Bordeaux) (submittedVersion)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (770747)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Agriculture and Rural Development Research
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Livestock Farming and Management
Keywords
livestock farmers, working conditions, agroecological farming systems, farmer health, work organization, workload, job fulfillment, labor productivity, social sustainability, multidimensional assessment

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