Having defined the background, objectives, actions and expected results, another important issue is the expected impact. The potential impacts of the project and its extent and identity are evaluated as moderate, medium and high:

Improvement of the economic profitability of sheep, cattle and goat farming in Andalusia, with a local and regional extension with a high intensity.

Modernisation of sheep, cattle and goat farming after incorporating the use of the App into the routine work of livestock farmers, associations and ADSGs, with a local and regional extension, the intensity being high.

Fixation of the rural population and promotion of generational change by increasing the productivity of livestock farming, with a high intensity at local and regional level.

Contribution to the sustainability of sheep, cattle and goat farming by increasing their productivity, with a high intensity at local and regional level.

Transfer of knowledge to similar livestock sectors, with a local, regional and national extension and a medium intensity.

As has been explained throughout these pages, the improvement of livestock efficiency in the extensive sector is a current challenge of great relevance for the sustainability and durability of the livestock sector in Andalusia.

 

Livestock production occupies a strategic place in Andalusia's agricultural sector in economic and social terms, and in particular extensive livestock farming, in addition to influencing cultural heritage, contributes positively to the natural environment as a sustainable activity that brings enormous benefits, such as the conservation of ecosystems of high environmental value and biodiversity, climate change mitigation, control of shrub profileration and fire prevention, maintenance of animal genetic resources and population fixation in the rural environment.                                            

Despite being a key part of the Andalusian productive fabric, extensive livestock farming is a highly vulnerable sector due to its dependence on natural resources and the endogenous characteristics of Andalusian livestock systems. In this sense, a series of weaknesses and threats are defined that could put the Andalusian livestock sector at risk.                        

Normally, extensive livestock farming is limited to those lands with less agronomic potential due to the poverty and scarcity of soils.                                                                   

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