2022/04/20 by Geoffrey Chiron, Chiron, Geoffrey, Marion Pertusa +23
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Veterinary · #Added value #Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies #Animal Nutrition and Physiology #Attente sociétale #Environment #Environnement #Livestock and Poultry Management #Multifonctionnalité #Multifunctionality #Outdoor run #Parcours #Quality of life #Qualité de vie #Societal expectations #Territoire #Territory #Valeur ajoutée
paper · doi:10.17180/ciag-2022-vol85-art03
openalex publication_date 2022/04/20 · openalex created_date 2022/06/17 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/15
In free-range poultry production, the management of the outdoor run is firstly designed to provide comfort to the animals. However, other services can be provided, such as improvement in income, contribution to direct and indirect jobs, or carbon storage and maintenance of biodiversity. In order to better consider them, these services need to be identified and quantified, which will make it possible a better reasoning of the outdoor run management. Developed by a group of experts, the service evaluation method, known as the BOUQUET method, focusing on free-range production units (meat, eggs and fat palmipeds), was discussed and adjusted with representatives of its potential users (farmers, technicians, advisers, etc.) in three production regions of France (West, South-East and South-West). The method considers 13 services divided into 5 categories. Those services are evaluated with a set of 29 indicators. The assessment takes half a day in three steps: i) mapping with an aerial picture of the site, ii) interview of the farmer and iii) measurements on the outdoor run studied. Data are then entered into a calculator which transforms them in scores for each service and provides a global representation of results by category of services. The analysis of these results allows the farmer to have a reflective approach of the management of his outdoor run, to establish a dialogue with his adviser, and to discuss an appropriate action plan according to his own constraints and objectives.