A heterogeneous-agent model with district-level constraints: an application to livestock development in Gansu, China [PDF]
This paper develops a heterogeneous-agent model to assess the impacts of removing lucerne growing subsidies, increasing livestock numbers and including district-level equilibrium conditions on optimal farm plans in the Qingyang district of Gansu Province,
Waldron, Scott A. +2 more
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Crop-livestock integration systems mitigate soil compaction and increase soybean yield
Acta Scientiarum. AgronomyThe use of integrated agricultural production systems has been expanded due to the multiple functions they perform. Although soil structural studies have elucidated the relationship of these systems with plant development, adjustments are needed to ...
Jordaanny Danyelly Pereira Lima +5 more
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Research issues for crop-livestock integration in mixed farming systems in the tropics: a review
, 2012 Research issues for crop-livestock integration in mixed farming systems in the tropics: a review. 64.
Archimède, Harry +2 more
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Farming SystemThe wetland ecosystem (Haor) experiences recurrent flooding, which disrupts agricultural activities and impacts farmers' livelihoods annually. Addressing these challenges through integrated farming systems (IFSs) such as Crop + Livestock + Homestead ...
Saifun Akter +7 more
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, 2016 Presentation of Enhanced crop-livestock integration in CA through optimized stubble grazing strategies and increased fodder ...
Rischkowsky, Barbara
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ILRI Corporate Report 2009-2010. Back to the Future: Revisiting Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems [PDF]
, 2011 This corporate report looks ‘back to the future’—to the thousand million farmers practicing small-scale mixed crop-and-livestock agriculture in poor countries—the kind of seemingly old-fashioned family farming systems that have become so fashionable in ...
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Evidence of Scope Economies in the Australian Wheat-Sheep Zone [PDF]
Scope economies can be used in studies of farming systems to provide a measure of synergies between different farm enterprises and between activities within farm enterprises. In this paper, they are reported for farms in a benchmarking group in the Wheat-
Fleming, Pauline +2 more
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Crop livestock integration at landscape level in Mediterranean: a comparative case studies analysis
, 2017 This research rely on comprehensive interviews of stake holders in south of France (Alps and plains of Provence region, Pyrenees and roussillon plain) to identify socio technical network, going on of collective action, involvement of livestock farmers in
Lasseur, Jacques
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Integrated crop-livestock systems and climate change policies
Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical, 2014 The Brazilian scenario for the agricultural activity expansion has generated economic returns to the country, but with high environmental liability. Within this context, the National Plan on Climate Change and the National Program for a Low Carbon Agriculture (LCA) were launched.
Fernandes, Marcos da Silva +1 more
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Exploring the impact of grazing on fecal and soil microbiome dynamics in small ruminants in organic crop-livestock integration systems. [PDF]
PLoS OneCheong S +8 more
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