Factors Affecting the Adoption of Anti-Predation Measures by Livestock Farmers: The Case of Northern Chile

Diversity Pub Date : 2024-09-11 DOI:10.3390/d16090567
Camila Núñez, Lisandro Roco, Victor Moreira
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Livestock farming has been a practice of great importance for the evolution of civilization, not only influencing social, economic, and cultural aspects at a global level, but also food, the economy, and sustainability, especially in developing countries, where it generates significant pressure on natural resources and biodiversity. In this context, conflict arises between wildlife, mainly top predators, and livestock farmers. Despite the efforts of different communities to implement measures against predation, the conflict continues to increase. In Latin America, the livestock sector is growing at a much higher rate than in the rest of the world, particularly in Chile, where around a third of agricultural production units use livestock as their main source of livelihood. To understand the factors influencing the behavior of goat farmers when adopting measures, we applied a hurdle model with social, spatial, economic, and productive information to assess the decision to adopt measures and the intensity of the adoption of such practices. To perform this, we used data from a survey, administered in 2014 to 476 farmers located in the three provinces of the Coquimbo Region. Our dependent variable was defined by six measures: a protection dog, night confinement of the herd, supervised grazing, anti-carnivore corral, the death or capture of the predator, and repelling the predator. The adoption decision, as well as the intensity of adoption, were influenced by the location, household size, the type of livestock, the income generated by the livestock, health management, and access to technical advice. The decision to adopt measures was influenced by the production system and whether it was self-sustaining, while the intensity of adoption was influenced by herd size and the number of losses due to predation. The results showed the importance of developing and adjusting livestock support initiatives in the study area, including those that could be created, based on differentiated measures according to the profiles of farmers in the territory.
影响畜牧业者采取反捕食措施的因素:智利北部案例
畜牧业对人类文明的发展具有重要意义,它不仅影响着全球的社会、经济和文化,还影响着粮食、经济和可持续性,特别是在发展中国家,畜牧业对自然资源和生物多样性造成了巨大压力。在这种情况下,野生动物(主要是顶级食肉动物)和畜牧业者之间就会发生冲突。尽管不同社区努力采取措施防止捕食,但冲突仍在继续增加。在拉丁美洲,畜牧业的增长速度远远高于世界其他地区,尤其是在智利,约有三分之一的农业生产单位以畜牧业为主要生计来源。为了了解影响山羊养殖户在采取措施时的行为的因素,我们应用了一个包含社会、空间、经济和生产信息的障碍模型,以评估采取措施的决定和采用这些措施的强度。为此,我们使用了 2014 年对科金博地区三个省 476 个养殖户进行的调查数据。我们的因变量由六项措施定义:保护犬、夜间圈养牛群、监督放牧、反食肉动物围栏、捕食者死亡或被捕获以及驱赶捕食者。采用措施的决定以及采用措施的力度受地点、家庭规模、牲畜类型、牲畜带来的收入、健康管理以及获得技术建议的机会的影响。采用措施的决定受生产系统及其是否自给自足的影响,而采用措施的强度则受畜群规模和捕食造成的损失数量的影响。研究结果表明,必须在研究地区制定和调整畜牧业支持措施,包括根据当地农民的不同情况采取不同措施。
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