Bioeconomic solutions for preserving the local breeds in the Banat euroregion

Abstract

This paper is based on previous studies which are dedicated to the inovativ concept of bio-economic solutions derived from ethnozootechny and associated to climate change which have an impact upon the domestic animals’ resistance and production. The descriptive study presents the reasons and the challenges for which the local breeds must be preserved; for the first time, rusticity is approached differently, being no wone of the desirable features which has never been approached in animal selection in Romania. The arguments of the paper plead for maintaining the local breeds – this proves the cultural intelligence of the communities that created them. The products obtained from these animals are the base of the ethnogastronomy of various ethnies in Transylvania and Banat and can contribute to a raise in economic competitiveness, becoming an added value in this niche market and having immediate socio-bio-economic effects: a high level of occupancy in the labour force, diminishing the rural poverty and a certain bioeconomic independency in certain conditions. This study claims that in the strategy for bio-economic development of Banat and Transylvania in 2016-2030 there should be taken into consideration the results of the ethno – animal husbandry research as a part of the territorial capital.