crop-livestock systems
A quantitative approach to assess farming systems vulnerability: an application to mixed crop-livestock systems
... farming systems scale, some authors tried to understand links between sensitivity, exposure, while others focused on a conceptual analysis of adaptive capacity without proposing a quantification of the level of ...
21
The Contribution of Mobile Pastoral Herds to Soil Fertility Maintenance in Sedentary Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems at Farm and Territory Scales—Part of Mutually Reinforcing Social and Ecological Relationships Supporting Sustainability
... mixed crop-livestock systems based on the planting of Trifolium alexandrinum and a manure supply make a useful contribution toward converting poor, marginal soil into fertile ...of crop ...
14
A metapopulation model for the spread and persistence of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) in african sedentary mixed crop-livestock systems
... A metapopulation model for the spread and persistence of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) in african sedentary mixed crop-livestock systems.. Pauline Ezanno, Matthieu Lesnoff.[r] ...
45
Network analysis of N flows and food self-sufficiency: a comparative study of crop-livestock systems of the highlands of East and southern Africa
... household systems are mainly created by livestock. Without livestock farmers are often not able to collect the equivalent amount of N in plant materials to mulch their crops or produce ...ment. ...
19
Additive impacts of climate-smart agriculture practices in mixed crop-livestock systems in Burkina Faso
... L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, émanant des établissements d’enseignemen[r] ...
2
Closing system-wide yield gaps to increase food production and mitigate GHGs among mixed crop-livestock smallholders in sub-saharan Africa
... approaches based on variations in observed yields, which can provide more realistic yield gap estimates ( Neumann et al., 2010 ; Dzanku et al. 2014; Tittonel and Giller, 2013; Baldos and Hertel, 2012; Foley et al., 2011; ...
9
Dataset for describing the diversity of household farming systems and the degree of crop-livestock diversification and integration in the Western part of Nile valley (Egypt)
... of crop and livestock integration at the farm level to assess the link be- tween integration, diversification, efficiency, and ...farming systems of 175 household farms and to assess the economic and ...
8
Economic Analysis of Perennial Crop Systems in Dak Lak Province, Vietnam
... 4. Discussion The study found that the startup operations of the three systems required spending high financial investments, and also man-days. However, MCSes had the lowest cost compared to MPSes and CPI. At the ...
14
Pesticide transfer models in crop and watershed systems : a review
... 6 Upscaling practices 6.1 Space representation Three classifications are usually given for spatial representa- tion in catchment scale models: (a) lumped models, (b) dis- tributed models, and (c) semi-distributed models ...
23
Mixed crop-livestock integration in a context of limited access to synthetic inputs in mid-altitude tropical environments
... how crop-livestock integration (CLI) has helped to alleviate part of the difficulty of access to industrial agricultural inputs and contributed to farming ...of crop residues, use of crop ...
13
Critical factors for crop-livestock integration beyond the farm level: a cross-analysis of worldwide case studies
... where crop-livestock integration happens when farmers are close enough (maximum 20 km), the JPN2 and FRN2 case studies show that other entities aside from farmers could cover the added costs of transporting ...
12
The models of work in approaches to livestock farming systems
... Sociologists emphasise the diversity of conceptions of work (difficult, organised, impassioned) (Dufour et al., 2007), of conceptions of one’s job (businessmen/artisans/herdsmen) (Commandeur, 2005) and indicate new ways ...
11
Livestock and Agroecology: redesigning animal production systems in the 21st century
... Jean-Yves Dourmad, Christian Ducrot, Muriel Tichit and Bertrand Dumont Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), France In the current complex globalized world, marked by deep economic and financial crises, ...
3
Evaluating innovative scenarios to enhance mixed crop-livestock farms sustainability : A partnership methodology based on long-term farmers’ strategies
... ST EP 2 - Ex pl ora tion ST EP 3 - Eva lu atio n b - Identification of: technical scenarios a- Relevant long-term strategies Exploration of the technical scenarios Collective [r] ...
15
Integrating food chain and local development objectives in french mediterranean livestock farming systems
... cooling systems, testing the hypothesis that relocating the cow cooling system, from the robot entrance to the robot exit may improve cow traffic towards the ...cooling systems ware identical (producer, ...
484
Adaptive abilities of the females and sustainability of ruminant livestock systems. A review
... state livestock system (with a constant number of reproductive females), the female replacement rate largely deter- mines their productive lifetime within the herd ...
23
Securing sustainable livestock production systems in an uncertain economic climate: Nurturing flexibility and resilience
... in livestock systems ...by livestock farmers through their marketing networks and the circuits they build or exploit to sell livestock; (ii) increasing inter‐ independence between production ...
20
Building causal maps of livestock farming systems using a participatory method with dairy farmers
... Livestock farming has recently come under close scrutiny, in response especially to environmental issues (Steinfeld et al., 2006). There is increasing societal pressure for more sustainable livestock ...
10
Crop residue management in arable cropping systems under a temperate climate. Part 2: Soil physical properties and crop production. A review
... of crop residue management in the spatiotemporal dynamic context Several authors have studied the influence of crop residue management on soil hydraulic ...properties. Crop residue management, ...
9
Participatory modelling with farmer groups to help them redesign their livestock farming systems
... farming systems entails certain transition ...farming systems, modelling has proved an effi- cient tool for learning how systems operate, identifying knowledge gaps, predicting change and assisting ...
13