127934 20241125101144.0 doi 10.1038/s41598-023-41524-4 sideral 135105 ART-2023-135105 eng Muñoz-Ulecia, Enrique Dependence on the socio-economic system impairs the sustainability of pasture-based animal agriculture 2023 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Livestock systems contribution to environmental change is controversial. Pasture-based systems are considered a sustainable alternative due to their adaptation to the use of local natural resources. However, they have limited productivity per product unit and, in Europe, depend on public economic support. Furthermore, they are heterogeneous in farm structure and resources use, which may determine their sustainability. We use emergy accounting to assess the sustainability of mountain pasture-based cattle systems and analyse the variability among farms. Emergy accounting assesses the sustainability performance of complex systems (i.e., farming systems) and their interaction with other systems (i.e., the environment and the socio-economic system) focusing on the origin, quality and quantity of the energy required for the system to function. Results show that pasture-based systems largely use local natural renewable resources but depend largely on the wider socio-economic system given their reliance on public economic support and purchased animal feeds. This economic dependence turns out in most farms largely using non-renewable resources. Increasing self-produced feeds and grazing on natural pastures can reduce the dependence on the socio-economic system and improve farm sustainability. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/A14-17R info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/727213/EU/Genomic management Tools to Optimise Resilience and Efficiency/GenTORE This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No H2020 727213-GenTORE info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 3.8 2023 MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES 25 / 134 = 0.187 2023 Q1 T1 0.9 2023 Multidisciplinary 2023 Q1 7.5 2023 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Bernués, Alberto (orcid)0000-0002-3237-9751 Briones-Hidrovo, Andrei Casasús, Isabel (orcid)0000-0003-3943-5311 Martín-Collado, Daniel (orcid)0000-0002-2087-961X 13, 1 (2023), 14307 [11 pp.] Sci. rep. (Nat. Publ. Group) Scientific reports (Nature Publishing Group) 2045-2322 1380343 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/127934/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2726428 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/127934/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:127934 articulos driver 2024-11-22-12:03:54 ARTICLE