From local to global: mental models of local people about livestock sector
Du local au global : représentations des acteurs par rapport à l'élevage
Résumé
MOUVE project and the LIFLOD network are developing a research focused on the better understanding of the mental models about livestock at local scale, with the goal to report the results at global scale. The authors present the results based on a set of 13 sites selected according to the interest of the local team and significance of the local context and its representation of the diversity at global scale. The sites are located in South America, Europe, North and West Africa, South-East Asia and China. Data collection used interviews with local people involved in livestock sector: farmers, traders, unions, agro-industries, development agencies, local governance or regional policy makers, NGO representatives.The results give a great overview about the diversity of the mental models, especially the difference into and between the sites and the groups of local people.