Analysis of the feed self-sufficiency as indicator of the durability of the Majorera breeding goat systems in the Canary Islands
2014
Navarro-Ríos, MJ | Fernández, G | Costera, A | Perezgrovas, R
The Majorera goat is a native breed of the Canary Islands and an excellent milk producer whose production is associated with the protected designation of origin “Majorero Cheese”. Although its origin aris- es from Fuerteventura Island, it is the most extended goat breed in the entire archipelago, exerting a very important function from a social, economic and environmental point of view. With a focus on the environ- mental indicators, the present work aimed to study how the feed self-sufficiency degree of farms contributes to their sustainability. Data from a sample of 38 farmers were treated by a multivariate analysis (SPSS V.21.). The different kinds of production, availability of pasture and fodder crops, as well as their influences on the sustainability of the systems were studied. This work concluded that systems with a higher use of available feed present a higher total sustainability. Equally, the most intensive systems are more vulnerable in terms of sustainability and they do not always seem to have the greatest degree of profitability
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