Evaluation of sustainability in family and business production systems of the Salado Basin
In the Salado Basin there is a process of productive intensification in agriculture and livestock based on the high use of inputs. This process is more accentuated in business-type producers, although it has an influence on family producers, who develop traditional technologies in combination with modern ones. The objective of this work was to compare sustainability in family and business-type production systems, based on indicators developed for this purpose. Six productive units were analyzed as case studies, four of them corresponding to family-type producers and two to business producers in which the previously constructed indicators were used. It was concluded that family production systems are more sustainable than business ones, with substantial differences in the ecological dimension. This is associated with different management styles, low-input and low-risk practices, based on livestock on natural pastures developed by family producers. On the other hand, business-type producers carry out a more standardized application of the technological package of the agro-industrial model, similar to those used in other areas of the Pampas region, with high productivity objectives and negative consequences on the sustainability of the farms.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | spa |
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Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata
2023
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.unlp.edu.ar/revagro/article/view/13495 |
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| Summary: | In the Salado Basin there is a process of productive intensification in agriculture and livestock based on the high use of inputs. This process is more accentuated in business-type producers, although it has an influence on family producers, who develop traditional technologies in combination with modern ones. The objective of this work was to compare sustainability in family and business-type production systems, based on indicators developed for this purpose. Six productive units were analyzed as case studies, four of them corresponding to family-type producers and two to business producers in which the previously constructed indicators were used. It was concluded that family production systems are more sustainable than business ones, with substantial differences in the ecological dimension. This is associated with different management styles, low-input and low-risk practices, based on livestock on natural pastures developed by family producers. On the other hand, business-type producers carry out a more standardized application of the technological package of the agro-industrial model, similar to those used in other areas of the Pampas region, with high productivity objectives and negative consequences on the sustainability of the farms. |
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