Exploring the role of traditional management practices to cope with climate change in mountain areas

Abstract

Optimistic scenario: natural pasture quality and productivity increase, cow body condition score, feed self-sufficiency and gross margin improve by increasing the length of the grazing season. Medium scenario: farming indicators improve in the short-term and then return to current levels in the long-term. Adaptations worsen farm feed self-sufficiency and gross margin due to the shortened length of the grazing season. Worst scenario: sharp decrease in all indicators. Adaptations maintain herds nutritional state, but at lower farm feed self-sufficiency and gross margin