Analysis method of the agriculture multifunctionality and application to a small livestock farming area

Abstract

Because of the content diversity done to the multifonctionality of agriculture, it's generally difficult to objectivize and compare regards on several functions, in and between territories. The present work aims to define and to precise the limits of functions characteristics, such as expectation linked to a function, support-entity of a function, and achievement level of a function... The elaborated definitions constitute an analysis framework for the agriculture multifonctionality in a small livestock farm area. This application allows to reveal important differences of functions achievements in the whole area and in each farm of the area, linked to differences in spatial configurations of farms. It also allows to point for land-managers some elements of attention to sustain multifunctionality of farms area in livestock region.