Self-Sufficiency Assessment: Defining the Foodshed Spatial Signature of Supply Chains for Beef in Avignon, France
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Foodshed Approaches
1.2. Foodshed Analysis Based on Landscape Ecology and Proximity Theories
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Materials Used to Identify Beef Production Areas
2.3. The Dilation/Erosion Methodology
2.4. Method Used to Spatially Characterize Beef Feeding Patches in the Archipelago Oriented and Not Oriented toward Short Supply Chains
2.4.1. Distance from Nearest Slaughterhouse
2.4.2. Rugosity
2.4.3. Dominance
2.4.4. Location within the Perimeters of a Regional or a National Nature Park
2.4.5. Beef Self-Sufficiency Ratio
3. Results
3.1. Short Supply Chains’ Higher Contour Rugosity Than Long Supply Chains
3.2. Short Supply Chains’ Stronger Dominance Compared to Long Supply Chains
3.3. Short Supply Chains’ Spatial Characteristics
3.4. Beef Self-Sufficiency Ratio Estimates
4. Discussion
4.1. Determinants of the Spatial Signature of Beef Feeding Areas Oriented toward Short Supply Chains
4.2. What Role and Leverage for Public Action?
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Category | Description | RPG Code |
---|---|---|
Mountain pastures, moors | Wood-pasture | BOP |
Pastoral area—predominantly grass and fodder resources. Woody resources present | SPH | |
Pastoral area—predominantly woody fodder resources | SPL | |
Permanent grassland | Permanent grassland—predominantly grass (fodder resources; woody resources absent or little present) | PPH |
grassland in long rotation (6 years or more) | PRL | |
Temporary grassland | Other temporary grassland 5 years old or less | PTR |
Surface (ha) | K (SSC) | K (LSC) |
---|---|---|
<50 | 1.22 | 1.21 |
>50 | 2.19 | 2.10 |
>100 | 2.45 | 2.32 |
>300 | 3.02 | 2.82 |
>500 | 3.36 | 3.01 |
>700 | 3.59 | 3.29 |
>1000 | 3.36 | 3.01 |
Area (Hectares) | Density SSC (Percentage) | Density LSC (Percentage) | Area SSC (Hectares) | Area LSC (Hectares) |
---|---|---|---|---|
<50 | 31.15 | 31.04 | 3.33 | 3.26 |
>50 | 68.71 | 69.48 | 246.25 | 174.43 |
>100 | 73.32 | 74.63 | 410.33 | 278.06 |
>300 | 77.93 | 79.93 | 975.01 | 602.63 |
>500 | 78.86 | 82.67 | 1389.48 | 801.39 |
>700 | 77.87 | 80.91 | 1791.04 | 973.05 |
>1000 | 77.71 | 82.67 | 2289.74 | 1208.73 |
SSC Beef Feeding Areas (Hectares) | LSC Beef Feeding Areas (Hectares) | Ratio SSC/LSC Areas | |
---|---|---|---|
Within a nature park in the study area | 119,160 | 38,236 | 3.11 |
Total study area | 264,953 | 107,058 | 2.5 |
Province | Beef Area (Hectares) | Estimated Beef Production (Tons) a | Estimated Beef Consumption, by Year (Tons) a | Population | Estimated Beef Self- Sufficiency b |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alpes de Haute Provence | 714 | 528 | 2286 | 110,466 | 23% |
Hautes Alpes | 306 | 226 | 381 | 18,437 | 59% |
Ardèche | 6892 | 5100 | 3674 | 177,552 | 139% |
Bouche du Rhone | 12,161 | 8999 | 40,768 | 1,970,436 | 22% |
Drôme | 4385 | 3245 | 4343 | 209,911 | 75% |
Gard | 4581 | 3390 | 15,163 | 732,863 | 22% |
Hérault | 642 | 475 | 13,085 | 632,437 | 444% |
Lozère | 2733 | 2022 | 150 | 7231 | 1352% |
Var | 0 | 0 | 1258 | 60,793 | 0% |
Vaucluse | 282 | 209 | 11,470 | 554,393 | 2% |
Total | 32,696 | 24,194 | 82,255 | 4,474,519 |
IMPACT | FACTOR |
---|---|
++ | Rugosity |
+++ | Dominance |
++ | Location within Nature Park |
+ | Distance from Slaughterhouse |
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Mouléry, M.; Sanz Sanz, E.; Debolini, M.; Napoléone, C.; Josselin, D.; Mabire, L.; Vicente-Vicente, J.L. Self-Sufficiency Assessment: Defining the Foodshed Spatial Signature of Supply Chains for Beef in Avignon, France. Agriculture 2022, 12, 419. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12030419
Mouléry M, Sanz Sanz E, Debolini M, Napoléone C, Josselin D, Mabire L, Vicente-Vicente JL. Self-Sufficiency Assessment: Defining the Foodshed Spatial Signature of Supply Chains for Beef in Avignon, France. Agriculture. 2022; 12(3):419. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12030419
Chicago/Turabian StyleMouléry, Michel, Esther Sanz Sanz, Marta Debolini, Claude Napoléone, Didier Josselin, Luc Mabire, and José Luis Vicente-Vicente. 2022. "Self-Sufficiency Assessment: Defining the Foodshed Spatial Signature of Supply Chains for Beef in Avignon, France" Agriculture 12, no. 3: 419. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12030419