Yolanda Mena

• University of Seville

Aim of study: To enhance the viability of goat farms in Mediterranean mountain areas, studies have proposed strategies to improve the marketing of their animal products. The primary aim of this work was to provide an overview of the commercial traits and antioxidant composition of milk produced on Payoya farms. A second aim was to assess the relati...

Any risk assessment should be based on the best available scientific evidence. This review compiles and analyses the available scientific evidence on the environmental risks associated with renewable energies that may affect the health and welfare of farm animals. The operation of wind farms can cause stress to livestock species through certain maj...

Animal welfare is a priority in ensuring the sustainability of livestock farms, optimising their productive benefits and promoting food security. Our aim is to analyse the available information on the potential impact of renewable energy installations (mainly wind and photovoltaic and associated high-voltage power lines) on livestock species, so th...

The Cundinamarca Department is located in the Colombian Andean region, and features a variety of bovine production systems dedicated to milk, beef or dual-purpose production in cold, warm and temperate climate areas, respectively. This paper analyses the sustainability of a sample of 35 farms (12 dual-purpose, 13 milk production and 10 beef product...

CONTEXT: Uncertainty surrounds farming systems across Europe and strengthening their resilience lies at the centre of the European policy agenda. Although farming systems´resilience has been widely conceptualised, no consensus has been reached about assessing the contribution of farm and farmer attributes to farmers´perceived resilience by quantita...

Este artículo tiene como objetivo revisar y sintetizar los resultados de las actividades que diferentes equipos de trabajo están realizando en relación a la ganadería y los servicios ecosistémicos en distintas regiones de España. Las cuestiones estarán centradas en puntos específicos como, por ejemplo, el papel de la ganadería ecológica/extensiva e...

The multifunctionality of agricultural and livestock systems is a pivotal attribute that should be considered when formulating rural policies, as it serves as a significant source of income for those managing these systems in their respective areas. The objective of this work was to quantify the farm-level multifunctionality of extensive livestock...

Simple Summary Dairy goat farming in Andalusia is diverse and predominantly family-based and presents particularities in terms of its economic strategies that require a specific approach. For this reason, in the context of climatic and energy crises that have a decisive influence on the activity, it has been considered relevant to deepen the knowle...

Extensive livestock farming in general is more sustainable than intensive methods. However, its profitability is usually low, which can affect the motivation of young people to take up livestock rearing, and often leads them to seek employment elsewhere. The aim of this paper is to study the factors affecting the Farm profit of extensive ruminant f...

The aim of this document is to analyze the bovine production systems in the Department of Cundinamarca (Colombia) as an initial part of the strategic plan to implement sustainable and efficient technological proposals in this region of the Andes. Descriptive and productive agricultural data related to bovine production of the 116 municipalities wer...

Las Islas Baleares, España, poseen una importante tradición ganadera basada en el uso de razas autóctonas y en el pastoreo. Sin embargo, la intensificación de la producción primaria, la competencia por el territorio generado por el turismo y su baja rentabilidad, hacen que estos sistemas estén a punto de desaparecer, con negativas consecuencias amb...

Simple Summary The carbon footprint (CF) is, at present, the most widely used indicator to quantify the impact of livestock farming on global warming, fulfilling also the purpose of identifying production practices that develop more efficient uses of available resources, as well as ways to minimize their environmental impact. The aim of this study...

The ecosystem services provided by the age-old activity of husbandry are presently declining or seriously endangered. The situation is particularly serious for regulation services and for certain cultural services given their growing dependence on external inputs. This work performs a bibliometric analysis for the purpose of identifying the certain...

The main characteristic of caprine production in southern Spain is its heterogeneity, which has prevented a proper classification of the different systems. This leads to lack of knowledge and difficulties in the decision-making processes and in the adoption of sectorial strategies. In this context, this article aimed to characterize and classify th...

Extensive livestock systems have decreased in the last decades. In general, these systems are characterized by low profitability, but they have a key role on environment conservation, maintenance of rural population, and health of meat and milk consumers. The present study was carried out in 2017 with 29 livestock farmers in the cold steppe area, R...

In the Mediterranean Basin, sheep meat production systems are based on grazing, and help to conserve biodiversity, mitigate the greenhouse gases emissions and maintain the population in rural areas. However, the lack of differentiation of pastoral systems, as opposed to the intensive model, puts its continuity at risk. In this sense, organic farmin...

The aim of this paper is to develop a new specific algorithm (fat- and protein-corrected milk calculation) for dairy goat to be used in life-cycle assessment studies. Though the contribution of goat milk to world milk production ranks third, the literature does not report any specific correction for goat's milk. Using the available bibliographic da...

Simple Summary Spain is a major global producer of both goats and oranges. The orange juice industry produces high levels of organic waste that could be used as alternative feedstock for ruminants, enhancing dairy farm sustainability by lowering feed costs and reducing the environmental impact. An example of such organic waste is dried orange pulp...

Exploring and developing new tools for the accounting and management of natural C sinks will provide a closer, more accurate option to remark the importance of such sinks in relation to livestock production, helping to support the persistence of some seriously endangered traditional, environmentally sustainable livestock farming. Following both pre...

Aim of study: To characterize and analyse the extensive livestock farming systems in environmental protected area and propose strategies for their sustainable improvement. Area of study: Sierra Nevada Protected Area (Spain) Material and methods: Data were collected from a sample of 85 farmers and 48 experts. The information from farmers was express...

Traditional meat goat farming systems are characterized by rearing autochthonous breeds and using natural resources through grazing, often within protected natural areas. In a context of reduction of the number of farms, due to the low income derived from the sale of kids, the role of those systems as suppliers of presently non-remunerated ecosyste...

The aim of this review is to show the evolution of the dairy goat sector in Europe from all perspectives. Starting from the current situation, the challenges and future potential of this livestock system are presented, as well as strategies to overcome the difficulties faced. Europe holds 1.9% of the world goat population and produces 15.1% of goat...

María José Leiva Morales, Juan Manuel Mancilla Leytón, Eduardo Morales Jerrett, Yolanda Mena Guerrero, Manuel Delgado Pertíñez, Pedro González Redondo, José Carlos Muñoz Reinoso, Ángel Martín Vicente, Mariano Cuadrado Gutiérrez, Lorena Gómez Aparicio (2019). Cuaderno de Visitas Técnicas de la 58ª Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española de Pastos...

The main objective of this study was to analyze the carbon footprint (CF) of grazing dairy goat systems in a natural park according to their grazing level. A total of 16 representative grazing goat farms in southern Spain were selected and grouped into three farming systems: low productivity grazing farms (LPG), more intensified grazing farms (MIG)...

This paper presents a methodological proposal of new energy sustainability indicators according to a novel accounting that follows agroecological and ecological economics criteria. Energy output is reformulated to include manure and thus consider the contribution to fertilization made by pastoral livestock farming to agroecosystems. Energy inputs c...

European small ruminant systems are mainly situated in mountain areas and for the production model to be sustainable, the quality of products and traceability should be analysed. Technical data and bulk milk samples (n = 48 for each season) from 16 goat farms were collected each month during the four seasons of the year. According to the indicator...

Pasture-based livestock systems in farms with medium or low size are especially important in less favored areas and are valuable for society. For these systems to survive, it is necessary to obtain an acceptable level of productivity and ensure commercialization of the products. This study was carried out in the district of Rio Ibáñez, General Carr...

In Europe and in the Mediterranean basin, goats and especially dairy goats have a peculiar importance and their production systems have been deeply changed during the last 50 years. Although the goats are generally seen as environmental friendly, the goat sector is more and more questioned by the general environmental challenges faced by agricultur...

Resumen La sociedad europea demanda cada vez más que la pro-ducción de alimentos sea respetuosa con el medio am-biente, cuidando además su calidad nutritiva. Muchos de los sistemas pastorales de pequeños rumiantes presen-tes en España cumplen con la mayoría de los criterios de sostenibilidad. Los sistemas de la raza Segureña se basan en un modelo p...

Several wildfire prevention programs in Spain are using grazing livestock to maintain fuelbreaks with low levels of biomass. Even though shepherds are remunerated for these services, many of their farms are hardly viable in the current socio-economic context. By analyzing 54 small ruminant farms participating in the Grazed Fuelbreak Network in Anda...

The overview of the sheep and goat sectors around the Mediterranean Basin shows permanent and common traits and these sectors have always a peculiar importance. But drastic changes have been observed for the last decade with a decreasing share of sheep and goat meat supply with new trends in marketing. The sheep and goat milks play always a signifi...

Perú tiene un importante sector caprino con rebaños de aptitud cárnica o mixta. Sin embargo, en los valles de la costa central hay una mayor tendencia a la orientación lechera, alimentando a los animales en base arastrojos agrícolas. El objetivo de este estudio fue caracterizar las explotaciones de esta zona, para lo cual se entrevistaron 60 ganade...

Dans le cadre du travail d'analyse et d'évaluation technico-économique des systèmes de production ovine et caprine rapporté dans Option Méditerranéenne n° 91 en 2009, complété dans la domaine de l'exploitation des parcours et des pâtures cultivée dans Option Méditerranéenne n° 100 en 2011, cette étude propose aussi une gamme plus large d'indicateur...

Dietary intake of certain unsaturated fatty acids (FA), in particular conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) and omega-3 FA (n-3 FA), and fat-soluble antioxidants (e.g. alpha-tocopherol) has been linked to potential health benefits. Nevertheless, there is little information about how Mediterranean shrublands affect the fat composition and fat-soluble antio...

The main objective of the paper is to do a critic study of the use of typology methodologies within pasture-based farming systems (PBFS), especially those situated in less favoured areas, showing in each case the more relevant variables or indicators determining the farming system classification. Another objective is to do an overview of the most u...

a b s t r a c t In the municipality of Tecpatan, Chiapas, in southeastern Mexico, it is highly feasible to convert tradi-tional agrosilvopastoral systems of dairy production to the organic production model. The objective of this study was to characterize silvopastoral systems and evaluate the feasibility of converting traditional agrosilvopastoral...

In the municipality of Tecpatan, Chiapas, in Southeastern Mexico, traditional agrosilvopastoral systems of dairy production have great potential for conversion to the organic production model. The objective of this study was to characterize silvopastoral systems and evaluate the potential of converting traditional agrosilvopastoral systems to the o...

Organic farming conserves natural resources, promotes biodiversity, guarantees animal welfare and obtains healthy products from raw materials through natural processes. In order to evaluate possibilities of increasing organic animal production, this study proposes a farm-scale multicriteria method for assessing the conversion of dairy goat systems...

The aim of this work is to present the segmentation of the Andalusian handmade goat cheesemarket in metropolitan areas, in order to establish training and promotion strategies to be addressed to this sector and to specific niches of consumers. The analysis was performed based on a survey made to a sample of 440 consumers from Sevilla (Spain), strat...

In recent decades there has been a worldwide increase in the intensification process of the livestock sector. This study looks into the changes that have taken place in goat farms in less favoured areas of Spain by comparing the situation of systems in the Northern Sierra of Seville (SNS), a traditional goat farming area in Spain, in the years 2002...

A method based on technical, economic and ecological indicators for analysing and evaluating the systems of sheep and goat production have been published in Options Méditerranénnes n° 91 (2009). The aim of this study is to meet the developing need of livestock farmers and extension agents more completely. It provides several sets of new indicators...

Multiple factors affect the continuity of goat farms: market conditions, availability of land, application of new technologies, etc. Among these factors, those related to labour play an important role. The aim of this study is to characterize all aspects related to labour in goat farms in Andalusia (Spain) and propose some strategies for improvemen...

Según el Reglamento de la UE (CE) n° 889/2008 de la Comisión de 5 de septiembre de 2008, por el que se establecen disposiciones de aplicación del Reglamento (CE) n° 834/2007 del Consejo, una explotación ecológica debe reunir los siguientes requisitos: (i) Estar dentro de un ecosistema agrario, (ii) Tener el máximo respeto hacia el bienestar y la pr...

The aim of this paper is to establish a farm typology according to the dairy farming systems in the western part of the Podlasie province. Data of 39 variables was collected by a survey to owners of 123 family farms. A two-stage multivariate analysis was conducted in order to determine farm typology. Three principal components were detected, explai...

This study was aimed to characterise and typify the red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa) game farms in Spain using variables related to structure and marketing. A structured survey was carried out on 63 farms in 2008. A multiple correspondence analysis performed to characterise the farms yielded two dimensions. First dimension explained 45.1% of t...

This study investigates the rabbit meat consumption patterns among students. Results of the 342 students surveyed at the University of Seville, Spain showed that more men than women consumed rabbit meat. More students consumed wild rabbit meat than farmed rabbit meat. The practice of hunting by students or their relatives, and the raising of rabbit...

a b s t r a c t This article presents the evolution, actual situation and prospects for goat production sys-tems in Spain, taking into account the present day changes of socio-economic, technological and agricultural policies of the European Union (EU). Spain is ranked second in goat pop-ulation and third in goat milk yield within the EU, neverthel...

The opinions of students at the Faculty of Agriculture (Seville University, Spain) concerning the educational usefulness and the affectation of the rabbits welfare of a university farm for teaching Rabbit Farming were analyzed. Both prior to beginning the course as well as upon completion, the majority of students supported the use of the farm for...

La mayoría de las cooperativas caprinas andaluzas comienzan su andadura en los años ochenta del pasado siglo, reuniendo en el año 2007 a más de 1.650 ganaderos, con más de 300.000 animales. estas cooperativas comercializan alrededor de 70 millones de litros de leche, un 5% en forma de queso u otros productos lácteos. en este trabajo se muestra un...

Currently, sustainability is an objective for any economic activity or development process. Many studies with theoretical reflections relating to the concept of sustainability exist, but few methodological contributions adequately quantify and evaluate the level of sustainability of agraricultural systems, specifically with respect to small ruminan...

In order to maintain small ruminant grazing systems it is necessary to know precisely how they work and what actions can be taken to improve them. The objective of this paper was to characterize, classify, analyse and propose improvements for the dairy goat grazing systems in three countries from the western Mediterranean area: Spain, France and It...

Se evalúa, de manera exploratoria, el grado de acercamiento de los sistemas agrosilvopastori-les (SAS) tradicionales con ganado bovino de tres microrregiones del Corredor Biológico, en Chiapas, al modelo de producción orgánica. Mediante consulta a expertos y con base en la normativa orgánica, se diseñó una propuesta de evaluación con 35 variables p...

Because of their healthy relation to the natural environment there is a growing interest in promoting sustainable animal production systems. Organic systems stand out, as they pay special attention to preserving natural resources, promoting biodiversity, guaranteeing animal well-being, and obtaining healthy products from raw materials and natural p...

The aim of this work was to study the effect of two different kid-rearing systems, natural or artificial, on milk yield, composition, hygiene-sanitary quality, kid growth and cost in Florida dairy goats. Two groups of animals were created, one with goats under natural suckling and the other under artificial rearing. In the suckling group, the kids...

This paper is the continuation of a previous study presented by the authors in the FAO-CIEHAM (Food and Agriculture Organization- International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies) seminar in Seville in 2005, in which, a preliminary analysis was made of the use of FAO-CIHEAM indicators to evaluatesustainability of small ruminant far...

This paper presents the work undertaken since 1994 by a working group of experts from sub-network FAO-CIHEAM on systems of sheep and goat production, on evaluation’s methodology of such systems. The objective of this study was to set up a methodology for analysing and comparing the various systems of sheep and goat production, an so as to meet farm...

Résumé. Le secteur caprin laitier andalou produit 50% du lait de l'Espagne et possède des opportunités de développement très claires utilisant des races autochtones et des grandes surfaces de pâturages disponibles. La production de fromages de chèvre en Andalousie peut être considérée comme un modèle de développement rural durable. Différents organ...

Organic goat production is poorly developed in Spain. Conventional dairy goat production systems located in Andalusian mountainous areas greatly depend on pasturing which implies that its transformation to organic model is not difficult. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the viability of organic dairy goat farms –as compared to conventiona...

Andalucía cuenta con un patrimonio quesero rico y diverso. Esta región se caracteriza por su variedad de climas, suelos, orografía, flora y fauna, que junto al 'saber hacer' ancestral de los productores, hombres y mujeres del campo han hecho posible la elaboración de productos lácteos tradicionales que ya forman parte de la cultura alimentaria y ga...

RESUMEN El objetivo del presente trabajo ha sido estudiar la calidad de la canal y de la carne de cabritos lechales de raza Payoya, en sistema de explotación ecológico, introduciendo el sexo como factor de variación. Para ello se han utilizado 24 cabritos, de los cuales 12 fueron machos y los otros 12 hembras, nacidos en la misma paridera (octubre)...

Andalusia is the second goat milk-producing region in Europe and therefore pastoral goat systems are important. In order to maintain these types of systems it is necessary to know precisely how they work and what actions can be taken to improve them. In this study the authors have set out the following objectives: (i) to characterize and analyze th...

Los agroecosistemas campesinos lecheros (AECL) de la cuenca mediterránea presentan diferentes estrategias de manejo de recursos. Dada la importancia del caprino en Andalucía (sur de España), región que produce más de 50 % de la leche de cabra Nacional se desarrolló el presente trabajo con el objetivo de analizar la estrategia de manejo de los recur...

Resumen. Los agroecosistemas campesinos lecheros (AECL) de la cuenca mediterránea presentan diferentes estrategias de manejo de recursos. Dada la importancia del caprino en Andalucía (sur de España), región que produce más de 50 % de la leche de cabra Nacional se desarrolló el presente trabajo con el objetivo de analizar la estrategia de manejo de...

Las acciones de valorización y de promoción de los quesos artesanos del Mediterráneo son herramientas de gran utilidad para recuperar un patrimonio quesero tradicional, en parte desconocido para el gran público. Los métodos y actividades descritas en este libro permiten conocer la realidad de cinco regiones mediterráneas, cuyos sistemas productivo...

SUMMARY - Few indicators for sustainability are used in studying animal production systems. Sustainability of these systems should be evaluated in a dynamic and multidisciplinary manner, and those indicators used should allow for detecting the systems' most relevant properties, as well as the tendency of those systems to change. Indicators proposed...

This investigation aims to classify, describe and evaluate the sustainability of dairy goat production systems (GPS) in South Spain Sierra de Cadiz. The research took place throughout 25 goat farms during the 2001–2002 campaigns, with the method posed by Masera et al. (1999) [Masera, O., Astier, M., S., Ló pez-Ridaura. 1999. Sustentabilidad y manej...

RESUMEN En 25 explotaciones en control lechero de la Asociación de Criadores de la Cabra Malagueña, se han analizados los datos de las lactaciones superiores a 5 meses para estudiar los parámetros relacionados con la producción, incluyendo la duración de las lactaciones, y la calidad de la leche. Se ha dado especial importancia a los resultados en...

The river basin of Río Dulce, in the Argentina province of Santiago del Estero, is conformed by around 50 small goat farms and contributes nearly 50 % of the total of the milk production of the country. The object of this research was to contribute information on the main parameters of the milk production in relation to the different production sys...

This study attempts to describe the semi-extensive goat farming sector in Andalusia (south of Spain) and to establish characteristics. Eighty-nine goat farmers were surveyed in three areas of this region. The survey examined all aspects of the systems, from socio-economy to management. A multivariate analysis (multiple correspondence and cluster) w...

Milk samples were collected from 28 farms, at monthly intervals during the production period (December to September). At the same time, each farmer was surveyed about specific conditions of hygiene-sanitary management at the farm. When management improvements were made, there was improvement (P < 0.05) in both bacteria count (165,000 bacteria/ml ve...

– The objective of this study is to determine the situation of semi-extensive goat farms in the Sierra Norte of Seville (Spain) related to the bacteriological and hygienic quality of the raw milk. Twenty percent of the farms in the district were characterized, covering aspects related mainly to the milking and hygienic management. The bacteria and...

RESUMEN De un rebaño de 24 vacas frisonas, alimentadas con una ración forrajera de base, variable según la época, y con una mezcla de diversos alimentos concentrados (pulpa de remolacha, semilla de algodón, harina de soja, pien-so compuesto de producción y correctores vitamínico-minerales), se utilizó una media de 15 vacas en lactación para realiza...

Se toman medidas de desarrollo corporal (peso canal, longitud y grosor del cuello y grasa perirrenal), desarrollo y características de las cuernas (longitud, perímetros, número de puntas y conformación) y de la edad, de 419 ciervos abatidos en nueve monterías celebradas en la provincia de Córdoba (España) en la temporada 1993-1994. Asimismo, se rec...

Many methods have been studied to reduce the effect of heat stress in dairy cows. Under severe heat stress conditions, the use of water to wet the animal and its posterior evaporation, has been very effective. In this work, we studied the posibility to reduce the rectal temperature and respiratory frecuency (which are indicative of the level of str...

Misting is one of the methods which has been proven to be effective in reducing heat stress in dairy cows under very dry and hot weather conditions. We have tested the system in the Guadalquivir Valley. We measured the rectal temperature and respiratory frecuency of heat stressed animals, before and after receiving the cooling treatment. The system...

La especie caprina tiene una amplia presencia en la geografía rural española. Andalucía ocupa el primer lugar en esta cabaña ganadera, con más del 50% del censo total nacional. Por ello, se acomete el estudio del sector caprino andaluz, plasmado en este libro, dentro de la campaña promocional 'Alimentos de Andalucía', y fruto de la colaboración ent...

SUMMARY - "Adaptation of FAO indicators to semi-intensive goat systems: Reflections on an experience in Andalusia". This communication is a synthesis of the work conducted over the past years by the Animal Production Area of Seville University, regarding the adaptation of the FAO/CIHEAM technical and economic indicators to semi-extensive small rumi...

SUMMARY - "Evolution of the sheep and goat farms in the Mediterranean over the last ten years. I. Proposal of a study methodology". The main objective of this paper is to develop a methodology that could be used in diverse regions to make a comparative analysis of situation and changes that may occur in goat and sheep sectors among different region...

RESUME - Les données de 38 exploitations caprines laitières de 3 régions d'Andalousie (Espagne) sont présentées. Après qu'une campagne complète soit analysée rétrospectivement en suivant la méthodologie de Toussaint (2002), les données sont analysées statistiquement. Les exploitations sont groupées selon la classification proposée par Castel et al....

SUMMARY - "Evolution of the sheep and goat farms in the Mediterranean over the last ten years. II. Case analysis in five areas of Andalusia (Spain)". This paper is a partial application of the methodology proposed to study recent evolution and the situation today in small ruminant sectors in several countries. Analysis as first part of the methodol...

Correo electrónico de contacto: aldea@us.es RESUMEN El objetivo de la presente investigación ha sido evaluar el grado de influencia de algunos parámetros genéticos sobre el peso al nacimiento y crecimiento de los cabritos, en explotaciones caprinas localizadas en el valle del río Chillón (Lima-Perú). Los datos se obtuvieron de los registros de una...