?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2Fid%2Feprint%2F29561%2F&rft.title=Organic+Livestock+Farming%3A+Challenges%2C+Perspectives%2C+And+Strategies+To+Increase+Its+Contribution+To+The+Agrifood+System%E2%80%99s+Sustainability+%E2%80%93+A+Review&rft.creator=Escribano%2C+A.J.&rft.subject=+Farming+Systems&rft.subject=+Animal+husbandry&rft.subject=+Values%2C+standards+and+certification&rft.subject=+Policy+environments+and+social+economy&rft.description=The+livestock+sector+is+of+great+importance+for+the+sustainability+of+rural+economies+and+many+ecosystems%3B+however%2C+it+also+has+a+high+environmental+impact.+Due+to+the+growing+demand+for+animal+products%2C+there+is+a+need+to+design+new+livestock+production+systems+that+allow+the+combination+of+food+security+and+sustainability.+Within+this+context%2C+organic+livestock+may+be+a+useful+strategy+to+achieve+such+a+pivotal+goal.+However%2C+there+is+a+lack+of+studies+that+integrate+the+existing+knowledge%2C+specifically+in+organic+livestock%2C+and+integrating+the+main+aspects+implied+in+its+practice+(its+externalities+and+challenges).+The+present+work+aims+to+fill+this+knowledge+gap%2C+providing+strategies+and+insights+that+will+help+stakeholders+and+policy+makers+to+improve+the+sustainability+of+both+the+organic+sector+itself+and+that+of+the+whole+food+system.&rft.publisher=InTech&rft.date=2016&rft.type=Book+chapter&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=%2Fid%2Feprint%2F29561%2F1%2FEscribano.%2520Organic%2520Livestock%2520%2526%2520Food%2520System%2520Sustainability.%25202016.%2520Provisional%2520Chapter.pdf&rft.identifier=+++Escribano%2C+A.J.++++(2016)+Organic+Livestock+Farming%3A+Challenges%2C+Perspectives%2C+And+Strategies+To+Increase+Its+Contribution+To+The+Agrifood+System%E2%80%99s+Sustainability+%E2%80%93+A+Review.++++In%3A++++++Organic+Farming.++InTech%2C+Pending%2C+Pending-Pending.++++++%5BIn+Press%5D+++