The livestock farming sector is under stress as fewer and fewer people are willing or able to become livestock farmers. Contributing to the decline in attractiveness of the profession are, among other factors, agricultural crises, higher consumer expectations, and difficult working conditions. Agroecology is a sustainable solution that can maintain livestock production and provide positive contributions to society without negatively affecting the environment. Moreover, in its search for social sustainability, agroecological farming could offer better working conditions to farmers and thus contribute to a sustainable future for the livestock farming sector. Here, we review research on livestock farmers’ working conditions in agroecological farming systems. This paper aims to give a comprehensive overview of the available research findings and the dimensions used to describe farmers’ working conditions. The major findings are the following: (i) relatively little published research is available; (ii) it is difficult to compare findings across studies as different dimensions are used to study working conditions and, in certain cases, detailed descriptions of the farming systems are not provided; (iii) certain dimensions were rarely addressed, such as farmers’ health, or work organization; and (iv) in general, farmers’ work is addressed as a component of environmental and economic analyses of the performance of agroecological livestock farming systems, using most often indicators on labor productivity and/or efficiency. Comprehensive multidimensional approaches to study working conditions are lacking, as are studies on the interactions and trade-offs between dimensions (e.g., workload, fulfillment, work organization). To study livestock farmers’ working conditions in agroecological farming systems, we recommend to use a comprehensive approach assessing different dimensions contributing to working conditions, combined with the description of farmers’ activities and work environment.

畜牧业正面临压力，因为越来越少的人愿意或能够成为畜牧业者。除其他因素外，农业危机，更高的消费者期望以及艰难的工作条件是造成该行业吸引力下降的原因。农业生态学是一种可持续的解决方案，可以维持畜牧业生产并在不对环境造成负面影响的情况下为社会做出积极贡献。此外，在寻求社会可持续性的过程中，农业生态农业可以为农民提供更好的工作条件，从而为畜牧业的可持续发展做出贡献。在这里，我们回顾关于农业生态农业系统中畜牧农民工作条件的研究。本文旨在对可用的研究结果以及描述农民的工作条件的维度进行全面概述。主要研究结果如下：（i）已有相对较少的已发表研究；（ii）难以比较各个研究的结果，因为使用不同的维度来研究工作条件，并且在某些情况下，没有提供对耕作制度的详细描述；（iii）很少涉及某些方面，例如农民的健康或工作组织；（iv）一般而言，农民的工作是对农业生态畜牧业系统绩效进行环境和经济分析的组成部分，通常使用劳动生产率和/或效率指标。缺乏研究工作条件的综合多维方法，关于维度（例如工作量，成就，工作组织）之间的相互作用和权衡的研究也是如此。为了研究农业生态农业系统中畜牧业者的工作条件，我们建议使用综合方法评估影响工作条件的不同方面，并结合农民的活动和工作环境进行描述。