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Evaluation of the sustainability of contrasted pig farming systems: the procedure, the evaluated systems and the evaluation tools

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Helen Edge, Emerita Professor Sandra Edwards

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Abstract

Although a few studies consider the sustainability of animal farming systems along the three classical main pillars (economy, environment and society), most studies on pig farming systems address only one of these pillars. The present paper is the introduction to a series of companion papers presenting the results of a study undertaken within the EU-supported project Q-PorkChains, aiming at building a comprehensive tool for the evaluation of pig farming systems, which is robust to accommodate the large variability of systems existing in Europe. The tool is mostly based on questions to farmers and comprises a total of 37 dimensions distributed along eight themes: Animal Welfare, Animal Health, Breeding Programmes, Environmental 5ustainability, Meat Safety, Market Conformity, Economy and Working Conditions. The paper describes the procedure that was used for building the tool, using it on 15 contrasted pig farming systems and analysing the results. The evaluated systems are briefly described and a short overview of the dimensions is provided. Detailed descriptions of the theme-wise tools and results, as well as the results of an integrated evaluation, are available in the companion papers.

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Author(s): Bonneau M, de Greef K, Brinkman D, Cinar MU, Dourmad JY, Edge HL, Fàbrega E, Gonzàlez J, Houwers HWJ, Hviid M, Ilari-Antoine E, Klauke TN, Phatsara C, Rydhmer L, van der Oever B, Zimmer C, Edwards SA

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Animal

Year: 2014

Volume: 8

Issue: 12

Pages: 2011-2015

Print publication date: 01/12/2014

Online publication date: 28/08/2014

Acceptance date: 07/11/2013

ISSN (print): 1751-7311

ISSN (electronic): 1751-732X

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1751731114002110

DOI: 10.1017/S1751731114002110

PubMed id: 25166005

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