Mountain grassland, if site-specific managed, is an important source of ecosystem services. However, by increasing altitude and slope, climatic constraints and limitation to the use of machinery are expected to increase the costs of forage production, increasing in turn the risk of abandonment. In order to assess the effect of altitude and slope on the production costs for the mountain meadows in South Tyrol, a threeyear study was locally conducted on about 100 fields with an altitude ranging between 1,300 and 2,100 m a.s.l. and a slope of between 3 and 86%. Costs of machinery and personnel, as well as an estimate of the forage yield, were assessed. The costs per hectare were found to depend on the slope only, while both the altitude and the slope affected the costs per unit of weight
Peratoner, G.; De Ros, G.; Senoner, J.L.; Figl, U.; Florian, C. (2017). Effect of slope and altitude on the costs of forage production in mountain areas. In: Porqueddu, C.; Franca, A.; Lombardi, G.; Molle, G.; Peratoner, G.; Hopkins, A. (edited by) 19th Symposium of the European Grassland Federation: Grassland resources for extensive farming systems in marginal lands: major drivers and future scenarios, Alghero, Italy7-10 May 2017. Zürich: European Grassland Federation EGF. (GRASSLAND SCIENCE IN EUROPE): 215-217. ISBN: 9788890177194. url: http://www.europeangrassland.org/fileadmin/media/EGF2017.pdf handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/47061
Effect of slope and altitude on the costs of forage production in mountain areas
De Ros, G.;
2017-01-01
Abstract
Mountain grassland, if site-specific managed, is an important source of ecosystem services. However, by increasing altitude and slope, climatic constraints and limitation to the use of machinery are expected to increase the costs of forage production, increasing in turn the risk of abandonment. In order to assess the effect of altitude and slope on the production costs for the mountain meadows in South Tyrol, a threeyear study was locally conducted on about 100 fields with an altitude ranging between 1,300 and 2,100 m a.s.l. and a slope of between 3 and 86%. Costs of machinery and personnel, as well as an estimate of the forage yield, were assessed. The costs per hectare were found to depend on the slope only, while both the altitude and the slope affected the costs per unit of weight
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