2013/01/01 by Julie Labatut, Labatut, Julie
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Business, Management and Accounting · Social Sciences · #0 #Agriculture and Rural Development Research #Animal genetic resource #Cooperative Studies and Economics #French Urban and Social Studies #Interdisciplinarity #Interdisciplinarité #Intervention research #Management practice #Pratique de gestion #Recherche intervention #Ressource génétique animale
paper · doi:10.17180/44xk-5g47
openalex publication_date 2013/01/01 · openalex created_date 2021/06/22 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/15
The preservation and genetic improvement of local breeds relies on cooperative and distributed organizations, which are facing increasing tensions (liberalization of breeding markets, decrease in public funding, development of genomic technologies, etc.). Local breeds are common goods and their diversity is a major asset for the sustainable development of livestock systems in the future. This article aims at understanding cooperation difficulties in the management of local breeds, and what types of social innovations and initiatives can be drawn to favour this cooperation. We analyse the case of local milk sheep breeds in the Western Pyrenees, where cooperation for their management is at stake. First, we define several breeding regimes and identify how they are sometimes conflicting around a same resource. Then, we define three important dimensions for cooperation in the management of local breeds (the design and uses of breeding tools, qualification activities, and markets for breeding animals). We conclude in presenting several innovative initiatives to favour cooperation and define a shared project for the management of such animal resources.