Farmer challenge-derived indicators for assessing sustainability of low-input ruminant production systems in sub-Saharan Africa

dc.contributor.authorMarandure, Tawanda
dc.contributor.authorDzama, Kennedy
dc.contributor.authorBennett, James
dc.contributor.authorMakombe, Godswill
dc.contributor.authorChikwanha, Obert
dc.contributor.authorMapiye, Cletos
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-09T13:01:44Z
dc.date.available2020-09-09T13:01:44Z
dc.date.issued2020-12
dc.description.abstractThe process of consulting stakeholders, particularly farmers, in developing appropriate indicators for sustainability evaluation of low-input ruminant systems is often compromised by limited awareness and understanding of the sustainability concept by farmers in developing countries. Insights from farmers’ challenges present useful prospects for developing context-specific sustainability evaluation indicators for low-input ruminant systems. In the present review, a meta-analysis was used to develop farmer challenge-derived indicators for the sustainability evaluation of low-input ruminant farming system in sub-Saharan Africa. Key ecological challenges reported were low forage quality, poor soil quality, feed shortages and; economic challenges were low poor marketing structure, high cost of labour, and poor transport network, poor marketing infrastructure; and social challenges were rural to urban migration, lack of animal breeding management and inadequate access to information. The corresponding derived ecological indicators were biomass quality, soil quality, high winds; economic indicators were available marketing infrastructure, labour costs, transport networks; and social indicators were rural to urban migration, animal management training and access to information. The review shows that farmers’ challenges can be transformed to indicators for assessing the sustainability of the low-input ruminant farming system in sub-Saharan Africa.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentGordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)en_ZA
dc.description.librarianhj2020en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Department of Science and Technology-National Research Foundation (DST-NRF) Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Food Security.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.journals.elsevier.com/environmental-and-sustainability-indicatorsen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMarandure, T., Dzama, K., Bennett, J. et al. 2020, 'Farmer challenge-derived indicators for assessing sustainability of low-input ruminant production systems in sub-Saharan Africa', Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, vol. 8, art. 100060, pp. 1-9.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2665-9727
dc.identifier.other10.1016/j.indic.2020.100060
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/76123
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherElsevieren_ZA
dc.rights© 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/bync-nd/4.0/).en_ZA
dc.subjectChallengesen_ZA
dc.subjectMeta-analysisen_ZA
dc.subjectRuminantsen_ZA
dc.subjectSmallholder farmersen_ZA
dc.subjectSustainability indicatorsen_ZA
dc.titleFarmer challenge-derived indicators for assessing sustainability of low-input ruminant production systems in sub-Saharan Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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