THE DECLINE OF TRADITIONAL LIVESTOCK FARMING IN SPAIN AND ITS IMPACT ON ECOSYSTEM SERVICES: UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMICS THROUGH FOCUS GROUPS WITH SHEPHERDS

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dc.contributor.authorMenor de Gaspar López, Rodrigo
dc.contributor.authorCarrasco Monteagudo, Inmaculada
dc.contributor.authorGómez Borja, Miguel Ángel
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-14T12:00:20Z
dc.date.available2026-01-14T12:00:20Z
dc.date.issued2025-06-30
dc.description.abstractTraditional extensive livestock farming has emerged as a potential sustainable development strategy in Europe, particularly to address rural depopulation and provide multiple positive externalities. Despite new European policies emphasizing its importance, the sector continues to decline. This study employs focus group methodology to examine the underlying causes of this decline from the perspective of shepherds. Two discussion groups were held with farmers from the regions of Castilla y León and Castilla-La Mancha in Spain, allowing us to contrast the testimonies of the practitioners with the existing literature. Our methodological approach emphasizes the value of focus groups in capturing complex socioeconomic dynamics within traditional livestock communities.   The findings reveal multiple interconnected challenges: low profitability derived from legal requirements and concentration of demand; increasingly complex access to pastures due to local and state regulations; significant barriers to entry, including economic requirements and bureaucracy; difficulties in work-life balance; bureaucratic obstacles to positive externalities; conflictive relations with the tourism sector; weak associationism; and limited technology adoption. This study contributes to the methodological literature by demonstrating how focus groups can effectively reveal hidden dynamics in declining traditional sectors.  en
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dc.identifier.citationApplied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce, Vol. 19 No. 1 (2025): APSTRACT ,
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.19041/APSTRACT/2025/1/7
dc.identifier.eissn1789-7874
dc.identifier.issn1789-221X
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.jatitleAPSTRACT
dc.identifier.jtitleApplied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2437/402113
dc.identifier.volume19
dc.languageen
dc.relationhttps://ojs.lib.unideb.hu/apstract/article/view/15562
dc.rights.accessOpen Access
dc.rights.ownerRodrigo Menor de Gaspar López, Inmaculada Carrasco Monteagudo, Miguel Ángel Gómez Borja
dc.subjectpastoralismen
dc.subjectrural developmenten
dc.subjectextensiveen
dc.subjectecosystem servicesen
dc.subjectrural businessen
dc.subjectsustainabilityen
dc.titleTHE DECLINE OF TRADITIONAL LIVESTOCK FARMING IN SPAIN AND ITS IMPACT ON ECOSYSTEM SERVICES: UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMICS THROUGH FOCUS GROUPS WITH SHEPHERDSen
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