Survey data on European organic multi-species livestock farms

While there is increasing evidence of the sustainability benefits of diversified systems in the organic cropping sector, this has been much less investigated with organic livestock farming. To fill this knowledge gap, we surveyed a sample of 128 European organic multi-species livestock farms located across seven countries – Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden and Switzerland – and covering a large range of livestock species combinations. We recorded 1574 variables as raw data out of which we calculated 107 indicators describing farm structure, management and several sustainability dimensions: resource use efficiency and conservation, animal, land and work productivities, animal and human welfare. After technical validation of the data, we withdrew 26 farms and the database covers 102 farms. This database is well suited to unveil relationships between various dimensions of organic multi-species livestock farm sustainability and their structure and management. It can help reveal sustainable strategies for organic multi-species livestock farming systems, and levers or barriers to their development. Scripts: https://forgemia.inra.fr/mix-enable/mix-enable_indicators/

尽管有机种植领域中多样化系统的可持续性效益已有越来越多的证据支持，但有机畜牧业在这方面的研究却少得多。为填补这一知识空白，我们对128个欧洲有机多物种畜牧场样本展开了调查，这些农场分布在奥地利、比利时、法国、德国、意大利、瑞典和瑞士七个国家，涵盖了多种畜禽物种组合。我们记录了1574个变量作为原始数据，并从中计算出107个指标，用于描述农场结构、管理方式及多个可持续性维度：资源利用效率与保护、动物、土地及劳动生产率，以及动物与人类福利。经过数据的技术验证后，我们剔除了26个农场的数据，最终数据库包含102个农场的信息。该数据库非常适合揭示有机多物种畜牧场可持续性的各个维度与其结构和管理方式之间的关系。它有助于揭示有机多物种畜牧系统的可持续策略，以及其发展的驱动因素或障碍。脚本资源：https://forgemia.inra.fr/mix-enable/mix-enable_indicators/