Sustainable Development of the Steppe in the Region of El Bayadh, Approach to a New Fattening System
Mekhloufi Moulay Brahim *
Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Centre Universitaire Nouri Bachir El-Bayadh, Algérie.
Mohamed Khader
Faculty of Sciences of Nature and Life, Ziane Achour University of Djelfa, Algeria.
Tayeb Nouri
Laboratoire de Biodiversité et de Conservation des sols et des eaux, Centre Universitaire Salhi Ahmed Naâma, Algérie.
Mahari latifa
Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Centre Universitaire Nouri Bachir El-Bayadh, Algérie.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The objective of this research is to follow the evolution and sustainability of the natural resource management systems adopted by different breeders found in the Al Bayadh region in Algeria. Using a stratified sampling method, 52 farms were surveyed between 2010 and 2015 to capture the diversity of farming systems and identify changes in land use patterns. The findings of the research reveal a predominance of sedentary and semi-transhumant farming systems with a sharp decline in nomadism. This study enabled us to identify three types of breeding: sedentary breeding systems with short-term fattening (type 1), semi-sedentary systems with medium-term fattening (type 2), and transhumant/nomadic systems with long-term fattening (type 3) that therefore reflect a diversity of actions in the management of the risk that threaten livestock production.
Keywords: Sustainability, fattening, farms, range management, pastoral system.