Crop-livestock integration practices, knowledge, and attitudes among smallholder farmers: Hedging against climate change-induced shocks in semi-arid Zimbabwe [PDF]
Open Life Sciences, 2021 Domestic and international crops and livestock trade remain fragile among Zimbabwean smallholder farmers. Commercial crop-livestock integration in climate change vulnerable areas is low and sparsely documented.
Musara Joseph P. +3 more
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Farming system design for innovative crop-livestock integration in Europe
Animal, 2014 The development of integrated crop–livestock systems (ICLS) is a major challenge for the ecological modernisation of agriculture but appears difficult to implement at a large scale.
M. Moraine +4 more
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Economic viability of a crop-livestock integration system [PDF]
Ciência Rural, 2020 : Crop monoculture and single conventional cattle raising were designed for a rapid increase in productivity and food supply. However, some of these production systems have shown signs of saturation and negative environmental impacts.
Marcela de Mello Brandão Vinholis +4 more
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Discover SustainabilityIntegrated farming system is characterized by its interconnected and interdependent nature, where the primary and secondary outputs of one system are utilized as essential inputs for another, resulting in a cohesive and integrated entity.
Mohammed Adem, B. Lilly Grace Eunice
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Corn silage production in a crop-livestock integration system
Pesquisa Agropecuária TropicalIntercropping maize with forages in crop-livestock integration systems may enhance the benefits of both components for animal production.
Adauton Vilela de Rezende +4 more
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Crop-livestock integration and the physical resilience of a degraded Latosol
Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2019 The degradation of pastures in Brazil is a problem of agronomic and environmental importance because it impairs the productive capacity of the soil and the hydrological cycle.
José Fausto Guimarães Silva +6 more
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CROP-LIVESTOCK INTEGRATION FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN CHINA: THE HISTORY OF STATE POLICY GOALS, REFORM OPPORTUNITIES AND INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS [PDF]
Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering, 2023 ● This paper examines the historical evolution of crop-livestock integration in China with a specific focus on its role in mitigating non-point source pollution.● Extensive examination of existing literature has unearthed the roots of crop-livestock ...
Danmeng FENG, KouRay MAO, Yujie YANG, Yu HU
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF CROP-LIVESTOCK FARMS IN AFRICA [PDF]
Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering, 2021 Crop-livestock farms across Africa are highly variable due to in agroecological and socioeconomic factors, the latter shaping the demand and supply of livestock products. Crop-livestock farms in Africa in the 20-first century are very different from most
Mariana C. RUFINO, Charles K. K. GACHENE, Rodrigue V. C. DIOGO, James HAWKINS, Alice A. ONYANGO, Ousmane M. SANOGO, Ibrahim WANYAMA, Gabriel YESUF, David E. PELSTER
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Availability of phosphorus for maize in crop-livestock integration system [PDF]
Revista Ciência Agronômica, 2014 The objectives of this study were to assess the concentrations of available phosphorus (P) extracted using the Mehlich-1 (M1), ion exchange resin (IER) and modified Morgan (MM) methods after 36 months of experimentation with the application of phosphates
Shivelly Los Galetto +4 more
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Transaction costs, crop-livestock integration participation, and income effects in China
Frontiers in Sustainable Food SystemsThe crop-livestock integration model is the main path for the sustainable development of agriculture and animal husbandry in China, and farmers' participation behavior is critical to the formation of this model. So this paper based on a field survey data
Wuyuntana Bao +3 more
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