IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/agisys/v196y2022ics0308521x21002882.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Changing perspectives on chicken-pastured orchards for action: A review based on a heuristic model

Author

Listed:
  • Bosshardt, Sara
  • Sabatier, Rodolphe
  • Dufils, Arnaud
  • Navarrete, Mireille

Abstract

Agroforestry and, more precisely, the integration of animals into orchards, represent an interesting source of income diversification for fruit growers who are confronted with rising climatic and economic risks. Besides farm resilience and optimisation of land use, this association seems to provide reciprocal benefits for both trees and animals, such as: nutrient cycling, weed management, natural protection and pest control. In particular, poultry and, more specifically, chickens, have caught the attention of numerous fruit growers in search of simple and time-saving agroecological solutions to regulate pests and weeds in their orchards. Yet, whereas traditional silvopastoral systems involving livestock have been extensively studied, the advantages and disadvantages of introducing chickens into orchards have been overlooked.

Suggested Citation

  • Bosshardt, Sara & Sabatier, Rodolphe & Dufils, Arnaud & Navarrete, Mireille, 2022. "Changing perspectives on chicken-pastured orchards for action: A review based on a heuristic model," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 196(C).
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:agisys:v:196:y:2022:i:c:s0308521x21002882
    DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103335
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308521X21002882
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103335?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Jones, Tracey & Feber, Ruth & Hemery, Gabriel & Cook, Paul & James, Katy & Lamberth, Curt & Dawkins, Marian, 2007. "Welfare and environmental benefits of integrating commercially viable free-range broiler chickens into newly planted woodland: A UK case study," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 94(2), pages 177-188, May.
    2. Röhrig, Nina & Hassler, Markus & Roesler, Tim, 2020. "Capturing the value of ecosystem services from silvopastoral systems: Perceptions from selected Italian farms," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 44(C).
    3. Garnier, Josette & Anglade, Juliette & Benoit, Marie & Billen, Gilles & Puech, Thomas & Ramarson, Antsiva & Passy, Paul & Silvestre, Marie & Lassaletta, Luis & Trommenschlager, Jean-Marie & Schott, Cé, 2016. "Reconnecting crop and cattle farming to reduce nitrogen losses to river water of an intensive agricultural catchment (Seine basin, France): past, present and future," Environmental Science & Policy, Elsevier, vol. 63(C), pages 76-90.
    4. Meizhen Liu & Bingxue Wang & Colin P Osborne & Gaoming Jiang, 2013. "Chicken Farming in Grassland Increases Environmental Sustainability and Economic Efficiency," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 8(1), pages 1-7, January.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Low, Guy & Dalhaus, Tobias & Meuwissen, Miranda P.M., 2022. "Reviewing the costs, benefits, and resilience impacts of mixed farming and agroforestry systems on value chains," 2022 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Anaheim, California 322300, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    2. Ilias Karmiris & Thomas G. Papachristou & Dimitrios Fotakis, 2022. "Abandonment of Silvopastoral Practices Affects the Use of Habitats by the European Hare ( Lepus europaeus )," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 12(5), pages 1-9, May.
    3. Tedesco, Camille & Petit, Caroline & Billen, Gilles & Garnier, Josette & Personne, Erwan, 2017. "Potential for recoupling production and consumption in peri-urban territories: The case-study of the Saclay plateau near Paris, France," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 35-45.
    4. Gocsik, Éva & Brooshooft, Suzanne D. & de Jong, Ingrid C. & Saatkamp, Helmut W., 2016. "Cost-efficiency of animal welfare in broiler production systems: A pilot study using the Welfare Quality® assessment protocol," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 146(C), pages 55-69.
    5. Low, Guy & Dalhaus, Tobias & Meuwissen, Miranda P.M., 2023. "Mixed farming and agroforestry systems: A systematic review on value chain implications," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 206(C).
    6. Helena Guimarães, M. & Pinto-Correia, Teresa & de Belém Costa Freitas, Maria & Ferraz-de-Oliveira, Isabel & Sales-Baptista, Elvira & da Veiga, José Francisco Ferragolo & Tiago Marques, J. & Pinto-C, 2023. "Farming for nature in the Montado: the application of ecosystem services in a results-based model," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 61(C).
    7. Rémi Pédèches & Claire Aubron & Olivier Philippon & Sébastien Bainville, 2023. "An Ecological Reading of Crop–Livestock Interactions—Gers, Southwestern France, 1950 to the Present," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(13), pages 1, June.
    8. Pinsard, Corentin & Martin, Sophie & Léger, François & Accatino, Francesco, 2021. "Robustness to import declines of three types of European farming systems assessed with a dynamic nitrogen flow model," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 193(C).

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:agisys:v:196:y:2022:i:c:s0308521x21002882. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/agsy .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.