Evaluation of the sustainability of cattle agropastoral systems in the semi-arid region of Setif (Algerie)

The IDEA diagnostic method was used in this study to evaluate the sustainability of dairy cattle agropastoral systems in the context of the semi-arid region of Setif (Algeria). Moreover, surveys carried out in 60 dairy holdings made it possible to appreciate the pertinence of the indicators of the tree scales investigated: the agro-ecological, the socio-territorial and the economic scales. The sustainability analysis shows that the total trend is the same in ail holdings: they are sustainable on the agro-ecological level, less sustainable on the economic level and quite unsustainable on the socio-territorial level. The use of this self-diagnostic tool in the dairy cattle holdings in the semi-arid highlands has a disputable adaptation level. Indeed, if several indicators prove to be relevant, others seem completely incompatible with the local conditions, and others appear very subjective.