Sheep farming in semi-arid region: its functions and its involvement in the formation of farm income (Case of family farms of the delegation of Zaghouan - Tunisia)

摘要

SheepfarmingintheTunisiansemi-aridregionsisthemainwealthandsustainableresourcesoffamilialfarms.Inadditiontoitscontributiontothesubsistenceandviabilityofcommunities,sheeprearingparticipatesinmaintainingsocialandmoralvaluesintheseregions.Themainobjectivesofsheepmanagementaregettingmonetaryincomerequiredforfarmerswhohavenoexternalresources,supplyingthefamilytreasurywhennecessaryandanaccumulationspot.However,sheepfarminghasbeenthoroughlychangingoverthelastdecadesbecauseofthereductioningrass-landareas,consecutivedroughts,afreemarketforsheepmeat,theinterventionofthestateinpromotingthistypeofactivityandintensificationoffarmers#8217;relationswiththeirinstitutionalandcommercialenvironments(marketandsellersofanimals#8217;feedresources).