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020			_a9789086867264 _q(electronic book)
020			_z9789086861705 _q(print)
024	7		_a10.3920/978-90-8686-726-4 _2DOI
035			_a(OCoLC)785536788
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041			_aeng
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245	1	0	_aNew trends for innovation in the Mediterranean animal production / _cedited by R. Bouche, A. Derkimba, and F. Casabianca.
264		1	_aLeiden ; _aBoston : _bBrill | Wageningen Academic, _c2011.
264		4	_c©2011
300			_a1 online resource (344 pages) : _billustrations.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aEAAP Scientific Series ; _v129
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThe Mediterranean area shows a great diversity of livestock systems, depending on local resources and traditions, but also on the networking space where informational resources are available for producers. During the last decades, a lot of innovations have been conceived or introduced in the Mediterranean area, allowing livestock systems to remain competitive. The book looks at two main issues: firstly, it gives an updated review on the main innovations that significantly changed the activities of livestock production in the Mediterranean area in the recent past. Secondly, the focus lies on the extent to which these innovations improve the efficiency, ensure the socio-cultural basis or reduce the environmental impact of livestock systems. One major finding is a new vision of innovating systems based on the distinction between regulated innovation (when aims are fixed) and innovative design (when aims are questioned). Innovations reported in the book are dealing with a set of concerns. They concern the production techniques, the work organization, the equipment and infrastructures, the collective features for selection, reproduction, feeding or sanitary devices. They also concern the local organization such as product labelling, new dynamics around local breeds, collective rules for supply basin or approaches of new products for new markets. More recently, some innovations focus on environmental impacts of livestock production, due to an increasing consciousness of those kinds of problems. In the final part of the book, a round table copes with a crucial question: are traditions in Mediterranean livestock activities to be considered an obstacle or a source of innovation? This book provides a set of updated information and knowledge useful for researchers, students, extension services and policy-makers in the field of animal science.
546			_aEnglish
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aLivestock _xMediterranean Region _vCongresses.
650		0	_aRange management _xMediterranean Region _vCongresses.
700	1		_aBouche, R., _eeditor.
700	1		_aCasabianca, François, _eeditor.
700	1		_aDerkimba, A., _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _tNew trends for innovation in the Mediterranean animal production. _dLeiden ; Boston : Brill | Wageningen Academic, 2011. _z9789086861705 _w(OCoLC)698322370
830		0	_aEAAP Scientific Series ; _v129.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-726-4
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