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Holistic Risk Index: A Case Study of Cattle Producers in the Protected Area of Farrapos Estuaries—Uruguay.
- Source :
- Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems; 2015, Vol. 39 Issue 2, p209-223, 15p
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Agricultural intensification promotes floods and threatens family livestock production in the protected area of Farrapos Estuaries, Uruguay. Using the Holistic Risk Index (Barrera, J. F., Herrera, J., and J. Gómez.Riesgo-vulnerabilidad hacia la broca del café bajo un enfoque de manejo holístico.La Broca del Café en América Tropical: Hallazgos y Enfoques. ECOSUR-SME 2007), this study analyzes the interrelationships among threat, vulnerability and responsiveness. Four livestock producers were shown to have low risk due to their high responsiveness; eighteen producers were shown to have medium risk and were divided into high vulnerability, low vulnerability and increased responsiveness groups; and three producers were shown to have high risk due to high threat and vulnerability and a lower responsiveness. Responsiveness is related to the use of agroecological principles and the agroecological criteria that guide strategies among producers and within the protected area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- AGRICULTURAL intensification
LIVESTOCK
FLOODS
AGRICULTURAL ecology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 21683565
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 99907676
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2014.967439