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Multifunctionality of livestock to support
plain-mountain complementarities. The Fricato case study in the french mediterranean area
Martine Napoleone, Roberto Arnaldo Cittadini
To cite this version:
Martine Napoleone, Roberto Arnaldo Cittadini. Multifunctionality of livestock to support plain-mountain complementarities. The Fricato case study in the french mediterranean area. 10. Inter-national Rangeland Congress, Jul 2016, Saskatoon, Canada. 1199 p., 2016, Proceedings of the 10 th International Rangeland Congress. �hal-02738987�
Multifunctionality of livestock to support plain-mountain complementarities
The Fricato case study in the french mediterranean area
Martine Napoléone (1) et Roberto Cittadini (2)
(1) napolema@supagro.inra.fr adress : UMR SELMET - Place Viala – 34000 Montpellier (France)
(2) cittadini.roberto@inta.gob.ar adress : UMR Innovation – Place Viala – 34000 Montpellier (France)
Increase
sustainability of small size sheep farmers from mountains Promote a sustainable land use in peri-urban area
A project to enhance the multifunctionality of farming at the regional level
which connects the city of Claira(Perpignan area), and pastoralists of Canigou (2 hours drive)
A twin goal:
- convert wastelands to cultivated plots through
agro
ecological
practices,
promote
diversificated farming into lowland area
- Improve feed autonomy of mountain pastoral
farming
In the mountains:
In piedmont area: livestock farming prevents reforestation, maintains open areas in touristic high value landscapes and maintains economic and social activity
In alpine grassland grazing reduces the risk of avalanche
But farmers face economic difficulties. Access to lowland areas allow them to grow their feed and grain for the winter
a succession of actions carried out by local actors to maintain biodiversity
The city council hired a facilitator for landowning issues 7 breeders engage in the project (80 to 200 ewes)
land under abandonment are made available to grow forages under agro-ecological practices
a cooperative is created between sheep farmers to get the cultivation and harvesting equipment
returning to farming of 100 hectares of fallowland allow feed autonomy for 7-10 pastoral farms .
An heavy investment in equipment for small farmers A facilitator for land access is needed
Diversity and mesh plots to the local scale
Visible actions on the territory, of local interest that foster new relationships between inhabitants
In lowlands,
- viticulture is declining - Land speculation
- 40% of fallow land on Claira - Biodiversity loss
Return to culture of fallow lands allows to keep in agriculture lands, to enhance
biodiversity at landscape level.
Comprehensive interviews of stake holders Socio technical network analysis
Going on of the collective action, involvement of livestock farmers, consequences on livestock farms and practices
Diversificated hedges
the mill and wheat
flowered areas
trials
hunters Hunters Elected school Hunters Elected Environmental stakeholdersBreeders, farmers associations,
Elected officials, land owners, farmers, hunters, residents,
environment stakeholders - agriculture- university-
1991
2013
2016
A long history built stages by stages enlarging the number of
actors and activities involved
Friches
area under abandonment : first visual contact with the city
uncultivated area, to the disposal for sheep farmers
Road access to the city
The recognition of the multifunctionality of livestock farming by stake holders in lowlands allows to consider the development of complementarily projects between mountains and lowlands at regional level.
In this situation, increasing feed autonomy for mountain rely on a governing device involving a wide range of stakeholders. Such a project can generate new farming and territorial dynamics
From the plot to the landscape
The Fricato project is funded by ministry of agriculture though Casdar project to enhance agro-ecology through collective actions . The research is funded by OBS-TAE project and Arimnet ( Climmed project)
The working periods on fields are opportunities for exchanges between actors
The proximity to the residents contributes to the socialization of the project
enhancing sociability through a party fosters the project © Émilie Delattre © Émilie Delattre © commune de cLaira © commune de cLaira © commune de cLaira © Martine Napoléone © Madiha Mohammed © commune de cLaira
