Evaluation of the sustainability of contrasted pig farming systems | Evaluation of the sustainability of contrasted pig farming systems: The procedure, the evaluated systems and the evaluation tools
Bonneau, Michel | de Greef, K | Brinkman, D | Cinar, M U | Dourmad, Jean-Yves | Edge, H L | Fàbrega, E | Gonzàlez, J | Houwers, H W J | Hviid, M | Ilari-Antoine, E | Klauke, T N | Phatsara, C | Rydhmer, Lotta | van Der Oever, B | Zimmer, C | Edwards, S A | Physiologie, Environnement et Génétique pour l'Animal et les Systèmes d'Elevage [Rennes] (PEGASE) ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AGROCAMPUS OUEST | Livestock Research ; Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen] (WUR) | Institute of Animal Science ; Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn | Food and Rural Development, School of Agriculture ; Newcastle University [Newcastle] | Institute of Research and Technology, Food and Agriculture (IRTA) | Danish Technological Institute | Institut du Porc (IFIP) | Department of Animal Bredding and Genetics ; Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences = Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet (SLU) | Swine Research Centre ; Nutreco | Bäuerliche Erzeugergemeinschaft Schwäbisch Hall
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 Sustainability, 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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