A Study of the Purposes of Functioning of a Group of Extensive Livestock Family Farms

A Study of the Purposes of Functioning of a Group of Extensive Livestock Family Farms

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This work presents an analysis of the aims of functioning for some family livestock farmers and the strategic rules to accomplish them. For this task twenty Purposes and Strategic Rules diagrams generated with the Farm Global Approach methodology (AGEA) were used as a way of modeling the property. Multivariate cluster analysis and a network approach were considered to have a whole integrated vision of the results, as tools to generate homogeneous clusters of Purposes of system functioning and its subordinated Strategic Rules. As general hypothesis we establish that there exist some non-economic goals that are determining the functioning way of the family-farm systems. The concepts expressed in the models were grouped by analogy considering the three dimensions of sustainability: economic, social and agro-ecological issues. The results show a high frequency of occurrence for the economic goals related to income and assets, and other non-economic ones, linked to the rural lifestyle. These goals have as common rules ensuring income, risk and costs management, and management of the information. No agro-ecological purposes were found. Knowledge of the purposes of farms and what is done to achieve them seem to be an essential issue to comprehend the way of functioning of the family-farm systems, especially when any technical intervention is planned.

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Main Author: Dieguez, Francisco
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Published: Coeditada entre Facultad de Agronomía - Udelar y el Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria (INIA) 2020
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spelling oai:oai.agrocienciauruguay.uy:article-4762020-10-24T08:48:59Z A Study of the Purposes of Functioning of a Group of Extensive Livestock Family Farms Estudio de las finalidades de funcionamiento de un grupo de explotaciones familiares ganaderas extensivas Dieguez, Francisco operating purposes strategic rules family livestock farmers global approach finalidades de funcionamiento reglas estratégicas ganadería familiar enfoque global This work presents an analysis of the aims of functioning for some family livestock farmers and the strategic rules to accomplish them. For this task twenty Purposes and Strategic Rules diagrams generated with the Farm Global Approach methodology (AGEA) were used as a way of modeling the property. Multivariate cluster analysis and a network approach were considered to have a whole integrated vision of the results, as tools to generate homogeneous clusters of Purposes of system functioning and its subordinated Strategic Rules. As general hypothesis we establish that there exist some non-economic goals that are determining the functioning way of the family-farm systems. The concepts expressed in the models were grouped by analogy considering the three dimensions of sustainability: economic, social and agro-ecological issues. The results show a high frequency of occurrence for the economic goals related to income and assets, and other non-economic ones, linked to the rural lifestyle. These goals have as common rules ensuring income, risk and costs management, and management of the information. No agro-ecological purposes were found. Knowledge of the purposes of farms and what is done to achieve them seem to be an essential issue to comprehend the way of functioning of the family-farm systems, especially when any technical intervention is planned. En este trabajo se presenta un análisis de los objetivos de funcionamiento de explotaciones ganaderas familiares y las reglas estratégicas para llevarlos a cabo. Para ello se utilizaron veinte diagramas de Finalidades y Reglas Estratégicas, generados por la metodología del Análisis Global de Explotaciones Agropecuarias (AGEA) como forma de modelación del predio. Para visualizar el conjunto de resultados obtenidos de los casos analizados, se utilizó el análisis multivariado de conglomerados y el enfoque de redes, como herramientas para generar conjuntos homogéneos de Finalidades de funcionamiento del sistema y sus relaciones con las Reglas Estratégicas subordinadas. Se plantea como hipótesis general que existen objetivos no económicos que determinan el funcionamiento de los sistemas familia explotación. Se agruparon los conceptos vertidos en los modelos por analogía, considerando tres dimensiones de la sustentabilidad: económica, social y agroecológica. Los resultados obtenidos muestran una alta frecuencia de ocurrencia de finalidades económicas, relacionadas a los ingresos y al patrimonio, y otras no económicas, vinculadas con el estilo de vida rural. Estas finalidades tienen como reglas en común asegurar los ingresos, gestionar el riesgo y los costos, así como el manejo de la información para la toma de decisiones. No se constataron finalidades agroecológicas en sí mismas. El conocimiento de las finalidades de las explotaciones y de qué se hace para alcanzarlas surge como fundamental para comprender el funcionamiento de los sistemas familia-explotación, en especial a la hora de cualquier intervención técnica. Coeditada entre Facultad de Agronomía - Udelar y el Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria (INIA) 2020-10-24 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://agrocienciauruguay.uy/index.php/agrociencia/article/view/476 10.31285/AGRO.18.476 Agrociencia Uruguay; Vol. 18 No. 2 (2014); 148- 158 Agrociencia Uruguay; Vol. 18 Núm. 2 (2014); 148- 158 Agrociencia Uruguay; v. 18 n. 2 (2014); 148- 158 2730-5066 spa https://agrocienciauruguay.uy/index.php/agrociencia/article/view/476/397 Copyright (c) 2020 Agrociencia Uruguay
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A Study of the Purposes of Functioning of a Group of Extensive Livestock Family Farms
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title_short A Study of the Purposes of Functioning of a Group of Extensive Livestock Family Farms
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description This work presents an analysis of the aims of functioning for some family livestock farmers and the strategic rules to accomplish them. For this task twenty Purposes and Strategic Rules diagrams generated with the Farm Global Approach methodology (AGEA) were used as a way of modeling the property. Multivariate cluster analysis and a network approach were considered to have a whole integrated vision of the results, as tools to generate homogeneous clusters of Purposes of system functioning and its subordinated Strategic Rules. As general hypothesis we establish that there exist some non-economic goals that are determining the functioning way of the family-farm systems. The concepts expressed in the models were grouped by analogy considering the three dimensions of sustainability: economic, social and agro-ecological issues. The results show a high frequency of occurrence for the economic goals related to income and assets, and other non-economic ones, linked to the rural lifestyle. These goals have as common rules ensuring income, risk and costs management, and management of the information. No agro-ecological purposes were found. Knowledge of the purposes of farms and what is done to achieve them seem to be an essential issue to comprehend the way of functioning of the family-farm systems, especially when any technical intervention is planned.
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