Traditional itinerary sheep farming in Trás-os-Montes: a useful tool for land m...

• Autor(es): Barbosa, José Carlos ; Portela, José
• Data: 2005
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/3166
• Origem: Biblioteca Digital do IPB
• Assunto(s): Sheep farming system; Natural resources utilization
• Tipo de Documento: Artigo
• Idioma: Inglês

Descrição

Trás-os-Montes, Northeastern Portugal, is one of the most disfavoured areas in the country and in the EU. It is a mountainous region where sheep farming has had a great socioeconomic value throughout time, particularly due to the fact that alternative economic activities are very scarce at both the local and regional level. Traditional sheep farming is based on long- established knowledge and pratices. Its main feature is itinerary grazing over the local territory. Flocks range around all over the unfenced and “free” plots of different landowners, according to old uses of land management. So, sheep use natural resources that otherwise would be useless