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Assessment on dairy goat management practice in the Korahey Zone, Somali, Ethiopia

open access: yesJournal of Applied Animal Research, 2023
The characterization of dairy goat management practices in the Korahay Zone, Somali Regional State, was the aim of this study. The woredas and respondents were selected purposefully.
Wondimagegn Tadesse Alem   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Railway side mapping of alien plant distributions in Mpumalanga, South Africa

open access: yesBothalia: African Biodiversity & Conservation, 2017
Background: Alien plant invasions are among the major threats to natural and semi-natural ecosystems in South Africa on approximately 18 million hectares of land.
Ndifelani Mararakanye   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Trends in extreme rainfall over the past 55 years suggest springtime subhourly rainfall extremes have intensified in Mahantango Creek, Pennsylvania

open access: yesScientific Reports
Extreme short-duration rainfall is intensifying with climate warming, and growing evidence suggests that subhourly rainfall extremes are increasing faster than more widely studied durations at hourly and daily timescales.
Anthony R. Buda   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ecological Restoration of a Cultivated Wetland to Enhance Nitrogen Retention in a Rapidly Developing Watershed

open access: yesWater Resources Research
For much of the coastal United States, water quality continues to worsen due to excess nitrogen (N) from agricultural production and urban development. Restoration of freshwater wetlands, especially those connected to streams (i.e., fluvial wetlands), is
Casey D. Kennedy   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tailwater recovery systems can improve water quality: An area ripe for research in cranberry agriculture

open access: yesAgricultural & Environmental Letters
Tailwater recovery (TWR) systems, which divert phosphorus‐rich drainage water from cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.) farms into reservoirs, have the potential to improve water quality of freshwater lakes in Massachusetts.
Casey D. Kennedy   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

What is hindering the adoption of new annual pasture legumes?: Extension requirements to overcome these barriers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Farmers and consultants were surveyed to identify current level of adoption and constraints to adoption of new annual pasture legumes in the mixed farming zone of Western Australia.
Hogg, N., Davis, J.K.
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The relationship between nutrition reading and label use and nutrition knowledge amongst a sample of rural youth studying at a university in South Africa

open access: yesHealth SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, 2019
Background: Within rural communities, quests for understanding consumer behaviour patterns become key, especially given the challenges that exist in such communities.
Nomasonto Xazela   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Zoning Slope Instability Risk by Using LNRF Modeling (In Kalan Basin of Malayer) [PDF]

open access: yesنشریه جغرافیا و برنامه‌ریزی, 2014
Mass movement is one of the natural hazards with regard to frequency of which and its strength there are two consequences direct (blocking the rads and the direction of waterways, burring the residential areas and service installations) and indirect ...
Alireza Ildoromi, Habibeh Rouzbahani
doaj  

Grazing and pasture management for biodiversity benefit [PDF]

open access: yesAnimal Research, 2003
The primary role of grazing animals in grassland biodiversity management is maintenance and enhancement of sward structural heterogeneity, and thus botanical and faunal diversity, by selective defoliation due to dietary choices, treading, nutrient cycling and propagule dispersal.
Rook, A. J., Tallowin, J. R. B.
openaire   +2 more sources

Multiple small monthly doses of dicyandiamide (DCD) did not reduce denitrification in Waikato dairy pasture [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The effectiveness of multiple small doses of the nitrification inhibitor dicyandiamide (DCD) to decrease denitrification under warm moist conditions was tested in a 1-year field trial on a grazed dairy pasture. DCD was applied approximately every 4 weeks
Watkins, Natalie Lisa   +4 more
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