The Multifunctionality of Agriculture in the third Millennium: the livestock production in the Economical, Environmental and Social Sustainability

  • Millán MORENO
Keywords: agriculture, livestock, genetics, conservation, environment, sustainable development.

Abstract

Abstract. There is no doubt that agriculture, understood in its broadest sense, has the multifunctionality characteristic, ie the agriculture that produces basic and objective benefits (agricultural production and livestock production) while other benefits and services inherent to the ecosystems, the landscape and the culture where it develops are generated. Agriculture in the Third Millennium has the sustainability as one of the most important objectives. Is it reached? Where must we walk? What role in the sustainability should the livestock production play? These are some of the issues discussed in this paper. More and more society demands agricultural practices compatible with environmental values and producing safe and quality food for animals and for humans, but also demanding to ensure sustainable development of rural communities especially in developing countries.