The European project Multisward (http://www.multisward.eu/multisward_eng/) aims at supporting developments and innovations in grassland use and management in different European farming systems (including low-input and organic farming systems), pedoclimatic and socio-economic conditions i) to enhance the role of grasslands at farm and landscape levels to produce environmental goods and to limit the erosion of biodiversity and ii) to optimise economic, agronomic and nutritional advantages for the development of innovative and sustainable ruminant production systems.
The identification of the innovations and their implementation required an exhaustive analysis of the state of grasslands and herbivore production in Europe including how they changed over decades. The effects of public policies were investigated. The results of this analysis are published in the present book.
Conduit et financĂ© par le projet europĂ©en Multisward, ce livre Ă©lectronique en accĂšs libre fait un Ă©tat des lieux des prairies et cultures fourragĂšres dans toute lâEurope en les resituant dans le systĂšme de production oĂč elles sont intĂ©grĂ©es, et en Ă©tudiant les dĂ©terminants techniques, Ă©conomiques et rĂ©glementaires des Ă©volutions passĂ©es et prĂ©sentes. Abondamment illustrĂ© de cartes, il comporte Ă©galement de nombreux cas concrets dans lâensemble des rĂ©gions europĂ©ennes, tĂ©moignages d'agriculteurs et interviews dâacteurs clĂ©s.