000133280 001__ 133280 000133280 005__ 20240410085329.0 000133280 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.3390/ani14060885 000133280 0248_ $$2sideral$$a138035 000133280 037__ $$aART-2024-138035 000133280 041__ $$aeng 000133280 100__ $$aMohamed-Brahmi, Aziza 000133280 245__ $$aAnalysis of Management Practices and Breeders’ Perceptions of Climate Change’s Impact to Enhance the Resilience of Sheep Production Systems: A Case Study in the Tunisian Semi-Arid Zone 000133280 260__ $$c2024 000133280 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000133280 5203_ $$aGlobal climate change inflicts unambiguous risks on agricultural systems and food security. Small ruminants are known for their ability to adapt to changing environmental conditions. This paper aims to characterize sheep production systems in a vulnerable agricultural zone and the breeders’ perceptions of climate change to apprehend challenges that they are confronting, and formulate resilience actions. The data analysis is based on 94 semi-structured surveys of sheep farmers carried out in the Tunisian semi-arid region. The PCA analysis results revealed three main sheep production systems. The agro-pastoral rain-fed system (AGPRF) is dominant (55%), with large farms and common pastures integrating cereals and fodder. The agro-pastoral irrigated system (AGPI: 20%) is characterized by small-area and forage irrigation (1.8 ha) and a smaller number of ewes but a greater use of animal feed supplementation. The agro-sylvo-pastoral system (AGSP: 25%) is a system where grazing is based on common lands and using tree sub-products, while the agricultural area is exclusively used to cultivate cereal crops. Sheep breeders’ climate perceptions are summarized as unpredictable climate events, a decrease in precipitation, and an increase in temperature. Resilience actions principally consist of reducing flocks’ numbers, using alternative local feed, fodder, and water resources, and building more shelters and planting more trees in the grazing areas. Nevertheless, cost-effectiveness should be considered in such vulnerable zones to insure the sheep production systems’ sustainability. 000133280 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/724060/EU/Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area/4PRIMA$$9This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No H2020 724060-4PRIMA 000133280 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 000133280 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000133280 700__ $$aAmeur, Mehrez 000133280 700__ $$aMekki, Ilyes 000133280 700__ $$aTenza-Peral, Alicia 000133280 700__ $$aNasraoui, Masarra 000133280 700__ $$aYagoubi, Yathreb 000133280 700__ $$aSmeti, Samir 000133280 700__ $$aBen Saïd, Samia 000133280 700__ $$aAtti, Naziha 000133280 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-7829-1448$$aLobón, Sandra 000133280 700__ $$aMahouachi, Mokhtar 000133280 773__ $$g14, 6 (2024), 14 pp.$$pAnimals (Basel)$$tAnimals$$x2076-2615 000133280 8564_ $$s1716217$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/133280/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000133280 8564_ $$s2881850$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/133280/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000133280 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:133280$$particulos$$pdriver 000133280 951__ $$a2024-04-10-08:38:32 000133280 980__ $$aARTICLE