Physiologie, Environnement et Génétique pour l'Animal et les Systèmes d'Elevage

Dairy farmers’ preferences for reducing pesticide use: does workload matter? Evidence from a discrete choice experiment among dairy farmers in Brittany, France

Specialized dairy farms have a high workload, with most of their labor resources devoted to livestock-related tasks. The feasibility of reducing pesticide use is influenced by work dimensions. Using a discrete choice experiment, we assessed trade-offs among determinants that can...

Co-evolution of plants, livestock and farming practices during dairy farm transformation to agroecology: an in-depth case study in France

Agriculture contributes to and is impacted by global changes. Agroecology is recommended as a framework for transforming farming systems to address these challenges. However, research has not extensively documented transformations to agroecology, which could limit adoption by far...