Pastoralism in the Mediterranean Basin: Conditions for Resilience Across Northern and Southern Regions
Abstract
A total of 363 valid responses were analyzed. The results reveal both differences and similarities between the Northern and Southern Mediterranean regions and allow the identification of three main types of pastoral farmers. Although income and compensation payments play an important role in entering or continuing the profession, they are not the most decisive factors. The meaningfulness of the profession and the attachment to both pastoral activity and family tradition, and in some regions of the collective organization, emerge as highly influential in farmers' decision-making processes. These findings contribute to improving the robustness of territorial analyses and to identifying policy approaches for sustaining pastoralism that are not strictly constrained by the scale of nation states.
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BibTeX
@article{pintocorreia2026pastoralism,
title = {{Pastoralism in the Mediterranean Basin: Conditions for Resilience Across Northern and Southern Regions}},
author = {Teresa Pinto-Correia and Claude Napoleone and Stavriani Koutsou and Jean-Christophe Paoli and Tristan Berchoux and Maria de Belém Costa Freitas and Pablo Manzano and Aymen Frija and Mikael Akimowicz and Stefano Targetti and Beatrice Fiore and Francesco Sirtori and Slimane Bencherif and Rachid Omrani and Aissam Zine-Dine and Veronique Alary and Fatih Tatari and Derya Nizam and Ferran Pauné},
journal = {Rangeland Ecology and Management},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.1016/j.rama.2026.08.009},
url = {https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-05820845v1},
note = {CC BY-NC-ND 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Pastoralism in the Mediterranean Basin: Conditions for Resilience Across Northern and Southern Regions
AU - Teresa Pinto-Correia
AU - Claude Napoleone
AU - Stavriani Koutsou
AU - Jean-Christophe Paoli
AU - Tristan Berchoux
AU - Maria de Belém Costa Freitas
AU - Pablo Manzano
AU - Aymen Frija
AU - Mikael Akimowicz
AU - Stefano Targetti
AU - Beatrice Fiore
AU - Francesco Sirtori
AU - Slimane Bencherif
AU - Rachid Omrani
AU - Aissam Zine-Dine
AU - Veronique Alary
AU - Fatih Tatari
AU - Derya Nizam
AU - Ferran Pauné
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/20
JO - Rangeland Ecology and Management
DO - 10.1016/j.rama.2026.08.009
UR - https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-05820845v1
AB - A total of 363 valid responses were analyzed. The results reveal both differences and similarities between the Northern and Southern Mediterranean regions and allow the identification of three main types of pastoral farmers. Although income and compensation payments play an important role in entering or continuing the profession, they are not the most decisive factors. The meaningfulness of the profession and the attachment to both pastoral activity and family tradition, and in some regions of the collective organization, emerge as highly influential in farmers' decision-making processes. These findings contribute to improving the robustness of territorial analyses and to identifying policy approaches for sustaining pastoralism that are not strictly constrained by the scale of nation states.
SN - 1550-7424
SN - 1551-5028
ER -