| BREED NAME | Most important characteristics/contributions of the breed |
| Basco Béarnaise | Implementation of Quality Official Signs (Cheese AOC Ossau-Iraty, red label milk lamb) with a strong connection with the local breeds
Uses of local forages resources and landscape management (through transhumance notably)
Ease of management and maintenance of traditional sheep farming
Unique aspect of the breeds (MTN notably) and strong relationship with the territory identity |
| Bizet | 1-Land management of difficult areas. 2-Maintenance of good biodiversity. 3-maintenance of rural activities. 4-Land use planning. 5-Maintenance of traditions. |
| Causses du Lot | From a local point of view sheep breeding is the main or even the only possible income.
From a more general point of view, the sheep industry is a main job provider: farms, business and companies, services.
Main role in landscape management.
Part of the local cultural heritage.
A product well identified and merketed ("red label" + IGP) locally, which was the main motor in the development of the sheep breeding (in general and for the Causes do Lot Breed) locally these past twenty years. |
| Corse | Corsican endemic breed; genetically original, non standardized on colour pattern.
Specific cheeses products + milk lamb and lot of tourists as consumers!
Hardy outdoor breed, fully adapted to its "terroir" which respects the environment (low or now inputs, no animals kept inside all year long, little fertilizers, uses of grazing ranges, little use of veterinary productis...).
Sheep breeding participate to the preservation of the environment and to forest fire fighting.
There is no worldwide milk sheep market. |
| Grivette | Maintenance of activities in rural areas.
Valorization of poor area.
Landscape management.
Farms profitability. |
| Limousine | 1.Breed well adapted to its territory
2.Valorisation of its territory
3. Production of a quality meat |
| Manech Tête Noire | 1-Implementation of Quality Official Signs (Cheese Ossau-Raty, red label milk lamb) with a strong connection with the local breeds. 2-Use of local forage resources(eg through transhumance). 3-Landscape management (eg through transhumance). 4-Ease of management and maintenamce of traditional sheep farming. 5-Notably unique aspect of breed and strong relationship with the territory. |
| Manech Tête Rousse | 1-Implememntation of Quality Official Signs (cheese AOC Ossau-Iraty, red label milk lamb). 2-Uses of local forage rsource notably through transhumanc. 3-Landscape management notably through transhumance. 4-Ease of management and maintenance of traditional sheep farming. 5-Unique aspect of breed and strong relationship with territory identity. |
| Mourerous | Biodiversity.
Landscape management.
Link between the breed and its region ("terrior").
Preservation of a traditional manner of breeding (transhumance). |
| Rava | Adaptaion to the local pedoclimatic conditions.
Deseasoning.
Instinct and maternal qualities.
Good matching between the cross complied products and the demands from the local industry.
Maintaining of an open landscape. |