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Global challenges for sustainable food production [PDF]

, 2017
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Busin, Valentina, Colston, Matt, Dun, Kath, Gill, Ian, Mansley, Sam, Sargison, Neil   +5 more
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Virtual World, Defined from a Technological Perspective, and Applied to Video Games, Mixed Reality and the Metaverse

, 2016
There is no generally accepted definition for a virtual world, with many complimentary terms and acronyms having emerged implying a virtual world. Advances in systems architecture techniques such as, host migration of instances, mobile ad-hoc networking,
Nevelsteen, Kim J. L.
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Opportunities and Barriers for Niche Marketing of Lamb in European LFAs based on Consumer Attitudes to Product Quality [PDF]

, 2001
With commodity prices continuing to decrease and with policy constraint that farmers cannot easily increase their incomes by increasing volumes of production, they must find alternative ways to maintain their standard of living.
Ashworth, Stuart, Boutonnet, Jean-Paul, Brunori, Gianluca, Papadopoulus, Ilias, Rahmann, Gerold   +4 more
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The Decline and Revitalisation of Transhumance in the Valles Occidentales of Spain’s Aragonese Pyrenees

Nomadic Peoples
This case study of the decline and revitalisation of transhumance in the Valles Occidentales challenges the dominant narrative that transhumance is a practice of the past without present-day relevance and viability.
María E. Fernández-Giménez
doaj   +1 more source

Transhumance Urbanism as an Urban Otherwise: Inhabiting Agrarian Incompletion at the Intersections of Extended Urbanisation‐Extended Ruralisation

Antipode
Amid the ongoing transformation of agrarian territories in peripheral geographies across the world through extended urbanisation, this paper delves into the persistence of peasant and pastoral strategies amidst the closing down effects of land enclosure ...
Nitin Bathla
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Transhumance and nomadism in the sylvo-pastoral region (Ferlo) of Senegal : Perspectives for pastoral development [PDF]

, 2003
In Senegal, pastoral mobility has developed greatly over the last years as an adaptation to new environmental conditions. Competition for access to resources has increased (greater need for farms and btùldings, need to get new pasturing zones available ...
Ancey, Véronique, Diop, Amadou Tamsir, Ickowicz, Alexandre, Sy, Oumar, Touré, Ibra   +4 more
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Bridging the gap between science, policy and stakeholders: Towards sustainable wolf–livestock coexistence in human‐dominated landscapes

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract While the return of wolves (Canis lupus) to many European countries is a conservation milestone, the negative impacts are unevenly distributed across society, placing high pressure on livestock grazing systems. For this perspective, scientists from diverse disciplines and geographical backgrounds reflect on the state of livestock–wolf ...
Emu‐Felicitas Ostermann‐Miyashita, Hannah Kirkland, Ann Eklund, Darragh Hare, Hugh A. H. Jansman, Christian Kiffner, John D. C. Linnell, Robin Rigg, Suzanne A. Stone, Sandra Uthes, Manuela von Arx, Hannes J. König   +11 more
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Physiological and productive response of lactating dairy cows to the alpine transhumance at the end of the summer grazing*

Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2016
The study aimed at verifying if the prolonged walking and fasting of the driving down transhumance from an alpine pasture to the farm of origin at the end of the summer grazing may impair health and productive response of lactating cows belonging to two ...
Luisa Magrin, Marta Brscic, Isabella Lora, Barbara Contiero, Giulio Cozzi   +4 more
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Cattle transhumance and agropastoral nomadic herding practices in Central Cameroon

BMC Veterinary Research, 2018
Background In sub-Saharan Africa, livestock transhumance represents a key adaptation strategy to environmental variability. In this context, seasonal livestock transhumance also plays an important role in driving the dynamics of multiple livestock ...
Paolo Motta, Thibaud Porphyre, Saidou M. Hamman, Kenton L. Morgan, Victor Ngu Ngwa, Vincent N. Tanya, Eran Raizman, Ian G. Handel, Barend Mark Bronsvoort   +8 more
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Transhumance chez les agropasteurs ovins de Djelfa (Algérie): quel type pour quel avenir ? [PDF]

, 2018
La transhumance constitue une pratique importante pour de nombreux systèmes d'élevages ovins agropastoraux. Par ses apports alimentaires et fourragers, elle s'avère essentielle pour certains agropasteurs.
Bellahrache, Ahmed, Benidir, Mohamed, Huguenin, Johann, Kanoun, Mohamed, Meguellati-Kanoun, Amel   +4 more
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