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February 3, 2025
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Overcoming collapse of farming systems: shifting from vicious to virtuous circles in the extensive sheep farming system in Huesca (Spain)

Publicated to: ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY. 29 (4): 37- - 2024-12-01 29(4), DOI: 10.5751/ES-15717-290437

Authors:

Soriano, B; Paas, W; Reidsma, P; San Martin, C; Kopainsky, B; Herrera, H
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EI Paas, Adv Syst Perspect Agr - Author
Univ Bergen, Dept Geog, Syst Dynam Grp - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, CEIGRAM - Author
Wageningen Univ & Res, Plant Prod Syst Grp - Author
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Abstract

Farming systems in Europe are perceived by stakeholders as having a low level of resilience and sustainability when confronted with shocks and ongoing stresses. Specifically, European extensive livestock systems are faced with challenges such as low farm income, uncertain policies, and changing meat consumption patterns, which are causing these systems to decline. Focused on the extensive sheep farming system in Huesca (Spain), our aim with this paper is to analyze the dynamics that have driven this system close to collapse and propose strategies that can reverse its dynamics to make the system both resilient and sustainable. This assessment is framed under an integrated resilience and sustainability approach, in which resilience variables (challenges, functions, and resilient attributes) and sustainability dimensions (economic, social, environmental, and institutional) are considered. Drawing on qualitative system dynamics and participatory causal loop diagram mapping, we show that the extensive sheep production system is threatened not only by challenges (e.g., increasing feeding costs), but also by weakly expressed resilience attributes (e.g., lack of diverse policies) and diminished functions (e.g., declining number of farms). There are delayed vicious circles in the system's dynamics that are interrelated across sustainability dimensions, implying that time will be required to reverse the system's dynamics. Hence, to foster the resilience of farming systems, specifically extensive livestock systems, a coordinated range of long-term strategies and policies (agricultural, environmental, sanitary, urban, labor, consumption, and innovation) are needed, aimed at responding to challenges, weak attributes, and diminished functions across different sustainability domains.
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Keywords

AgricultureComponentsDynamicsEcosystem servicesEnvironmental-managementExtensive livestock systemLandscapesOpportunitiesParticipatory approachPasturesQualitative system dynamicsResilienceResilience attributesSustainability

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Ecology.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-09:

  • WoS: 5
  • Scopus: 4
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-09:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 20.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 20 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

    It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

    • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
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    Leadership analysis of institutional authors

    This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: France; Netherlands; Norway.

    There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (SORIANO MARTINEZ, BARBARA) .

    the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been SORIANO MARTINEZ, BARBARA.

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