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Live fences in Ségou, Mali : an evaluation by their early users
Agroforestry Systems, 2004Market-oriented production of gardening crops and cassava (Manihot utilissima) in the dry season is an increasingly frequent practice in Segou, Mali. Traditionally, these crops are protected from roaming livestock with the help of dead fences. In order to provide a sustainable alternative to dead fences, the International Centre for Research in ...
Alain Olivier
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Live fences and landscape connectivity in a neotropical agricultural landscape
Agroforestry Systems, 2006Live fences are common elements in neotropical agricultural landscapes and could play important roles in the conservation of biodiversity by enhancing landscape connectivity, however, little is known about their abundance and spatial arrangement. The objectives of this study were to characterize the abundance and spatial patterns of live fences in a ...
Celia A Harvey
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Live fences – a hidden resource of soil fertility in West Kenya
Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 2014AbstractIn the highlands of Western Kenya, intensified land use combined with low use of mineral fertilizers at farm level is driving soil nutrient depletion and declining yield levels. All farms and individual field crop plots are surrounded by life fences and the area under such hedge structure is estimated to cover 3–5% of the total farmland area ...
Tim F. H. Theobald +2 more
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Effect of live fences of Gliricidia sepium on CO 2 fluxes in tropical livestock systems
Soil Use and Management, 2016 Live fences have the potential to improve microclimatic conditions, moderate soil CO2 fluxes and function as carbon sinks. We quantified variation in soil CO2 fluxes from livestock silvopastoral systems under the canopies of live fences (LF), formed by ...
David Parsons +2 more
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Living Fences and Supplies of Fence Posts
The Journal of Wildlife Management, 1943a simple barrier between two fields. The change in viewpoint has come from a better appreciation of the needs for conservation of soil and wildlife. The fence is an enduring aid to guide contour tillage where used to divide fields farmed on the contour.
Hugh A. Steavenson +2 more
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Sustainable facilities have a considerable positive impact on the sustainability of universities. So Egyptian universities should strive to become more sustainable by providing sustainable facilities along with a suitable learning environment for students.
Basma S. Kassem +3 more
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Sustainable facilities have a considerable positive impact on the sustainability of universities. So Egyptian universities should strive to become more sustainable by providing sustainable facilities along with a suitable learning environment for students.
Basma S. Kassem +3 more
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Live Fence Posts in Costa Rica
Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, 1993Live fence posts are widely used in Costa Rica and other Cenhal American countries as a sustainable agricultural practice. The Costa Rican farmers' empirical knowledge was compiled through a questionnaire, field measurements and literature review. Ninety two species used for live fences were recorded and tabulated. The management practices (preparation
Gerardo Budowski, Ricardo O. Russo
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