Past event Conference January 10th 2023 OxfordProduction systemsLEAP Conference (Oxford) : Sytra’s presentations on the bovine sectorOn 25 January 2023, Sytra will give two presentations at the LEAP conference : (1) Economic implications of a protein transition: evidence from Walloon beef and dairy farms; (2) Accounting for diversity while assessing sustainability: insisghts from the Walloon bovine sectors.Beef meat sectorDairy sectorDiversityEconomic viabilityProtein transitionSustainability indicators
Publication of April 15th 2023 Research articleProduction systemsAccounting for diversity while assessing sustainability: insights from the Walloon bovine sectorsA scientific paper on the importance of combining information on the structural dimension and the diversity of farms when assessing sustainability. We take the opportunity to discuss the dilemma of sustainability assesments. An open access paper (link below)Beef meat sectorDairy sectorEnvironmental footprintSustainability indicators
Publication of February 16th 2023 PresentationFood value chainsStronger together, but how? Lessons from the Walloon dairy history on the strategic relevance of cooperative modelsOral presentation made at the ICA-CCR 2022 European Research Conference (linked to a published paper)Dairy sectorCooperativesTransition enablersWallonia
Past event Conference March 20th 2019 Ottignies-Louvain-la-NeuveTransition pathwaysTowards a low-pesticides agriculture in Wallonia? Presentation of a diversity of scenariosWhat are the main modes of production today in Wallonia? How are the sectors organized? Which scenarios can we envisage, and with what consequences in terms of production and use of pesticides?Cereals sectorPotato sectorDairy sectorBeef meat sectorBelgiumWalloniaParticipatory process
Publication of April 5th 2022 Research articleTransition pathwaysThe economic implications of a protein transitionThe protein transition, defined as the rebalancing between animal and alternative proteins in diets, is presented as a solution to mitigate the harmful effects of cattle production on the environment. We discuss the implications of such a transition on current livestock farms.Beef meat sectorDairy sectorMeadows and pastureBelgiumEconomic viabilityEnvironmental footprintEuropeFeedPathwaysProtein transitionWallonia
Publication of August 12th 2022 Research articleFood value chainsLock-ins to transition pathways anchored in contextualized cooperative dynamics : insights from the historical trajectories of the Walloon dairy cooperativesA historical study on lock-ins to diversification pathways of dairy cooperatives. By considering cooperatives as social-ecological systems, we uncovered contextualized blocking mechanisms against inter-cooperative agreementsDairy sectorCooperativesFarmer agencyLock-insTransition enablersWallonia
Publication of November 8th 2021 ReportProduction systemsAssessing the use of pesticide for livestock productsThis study assesses the use of chemical pesticides for animal-based products.Beef meat sectorDairy sectorEggs sectorPig meat sectorPoultry meat sectorAgricultural inputsDiversityEnvironmental footprintEuropePesticidesSustainability indicators
Publication of June 4th 2021 PhD thesisFood value chainsChallenges of collective agency in transition pathways : the case of the Walloon dairy sectorA Ph.D. on the institutional enablers of pathways of product diversification in the Walloon dairy sector. A focus on the models of cooperative governance and on the interplay between cooperative agency and the agency of farmers in these trajectories of product diversification. Dairy sectorMeadows and pastureCheeseCooperativesFarmer agencyFarmer's identityLock-insStrategiesTransition enablers
Publication of December 4th 2020 Research articleFood value chainsCoexistence of Cooperative models as Structural answer to Lock-Ins in Diversification Pathways : The Case of the Walloon Dairy SectorDrawing on the presence of various dairy cooperative models active in long value chains in the Walloon Region, the paper considers how their complementarity supports trajectories of diversification of dairy productions and invites to consider cooperative models in terms of coexistenceDairy sectorMeadows and pastureCooperativesLock-insPathwaysTransition enablersWallonia
