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Building resilience to climate change in rain-fed agricultural enterprises: An integrated property planning tool
Reid, Gregory - In: Agriculture and Human Values 26 (2009) 4, pp. 391-397
In response to a drying climate, an integrated property planning tool was developed over three years to help landowners make better use of available rainfall. A sequence was identified which indicated how parts of each property are affected by soil moisture limitations. The sequence was combined...
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Improving greenhouse gas emissions intensities of subtropical and tropical beef farming systems using Leucaena leucocephala
Harrison, Matthew T.; McSweeney, Chris; Tomkins, Nigel W.; … - In: Agricultural Systems 136 (2015) C, pp. 138-146
Leucaena leucocephala (leucaena) is a perennial legume shrub of subtropical regions that has forage characteristics favourable for livestock production, often delivering ruminant liveweight gains that are superior to most other forage systems. Recent work suggests that leucaena mitigates...
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SISTEMAS ECOLÓGICOS DE PRODUÇÃO DE SEMENTES E FORRAGEM DE FEIJÃO-MIÚDO
Bevilaqua, Gilberto Antonio Peripolli; Antunes, Iraja … - Sociedade Brasileira de Economia e Sociologia Rural - SOBER - 2008
A cultura do feijão-miúdo tem crescido em importância na região de clima temperado, principalmente em áreas da agricultura familiar, utilizando sistemas de base ecológica, visando a alimentação de ruminantes. Na região da planície costeira do Rio Grande do Sul a cultura apresenta...
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Understanding U.S. Consumer Demand for Milk Production Attributes
Wolf, Christopher A.; Tonsor, Glynn T.; Olynk, Nicole J. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 36 (2011) 2
A choice experiment was used to examine the value of various fluid milk attributes. Respondents were surveyed regarding half or whole gallon milk purchases. A split-sample design was used to examine consumer inferences regarding food safety. Willingness to pay for verification of production...
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Economic valuation of a wetland in West Bengal, India
Mukherjee, Sacchidananda - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2008
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AN EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY OF GRAZING LANDS USING THE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT TOOL: A CASE OF CHIRUMANZU DISTRICT, ZIMBABWE
KORI, EDMORE; MUSYOKI, AGNES; NETHENGWE, NTHADULENI S. - In: Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and … 15 (2013) 04, pp. 1350017-1
sustainability of grazing landuse for Chirumanzu District of Zimbabwe. Empirical evidence presented here relates to livestock data …
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Equity, equality and appropriate distribution : multiple interpretations and Zimbabwean usages
Gasper, Gasper, D.R. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1991
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What Price for the Right to Go a-Droving? A Derived Demand Approach
Marshall, Graham R.; Cacho, Oscar J.; John, Fatmata - School of Economics, Business School - 2000
Travelling stock reserves (TSRs) were established in Australia as a way of allowing the passage of livestock through settled lands to facilitate stocking of new lands. Subsequently, they remained important as a way of moving livestock from property to property or from property to market. Today,...
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Estimating the economic implications for grazing properties in the Mackay Whitsunday catchments of practice changes to more sustainable landscapes
East, Miriam - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2010
In the Mackay Whitsunday region, the dominant grazing based operations are small intensive systems that heavily utilise … provides analysis of the costs and benefits associated with adoption of intensive grazing best management practices to … determine the effect on the profitability and economic sustainability of grazing enterprises, and the economic viability of …
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Pasture-Based Dairy Systems: Who Are the Producers and Are Their Operations More Profitable than Conventional Dairies?
Gillespie, Jeffrey M.; Nehring, Richard F.; Hallahan, … - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 34 (2009) 3
U.S. dairy operations are sorted via a multinomial logit model into three production systems: pasture-based, semi-pasture-based, and conventional. Region, farm size, financial situation, and production intensity measures impact system choice. Analysis follows to determine the impact of...
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