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- Library Collection RecordThe "farmer-back-to-farmer" model of agricultural development, pioneered by Robert Rhoades and Robert Booth, urged technologists to use farmers' knowledge and practices as both the…Publication Date 2014
- agriculture
- Ethnobotany
- agricultural anthropology
- participation
- technology
- development
- science and technology studies
- Mali
- Library Collection RecordThis study assesses how climate impacts on agriculture may change the evolution of the agricultural and energy systems in meeting the end-of-century radiative forcing targets of the representative…Publication Date 2014
- climate change
- agriculture
- bioenergy
- greenhouse gases
- plant production
- integrated assessment
- climate impacts
- emissions mitigation
- representative concentration pathways
- Library Collection RecordTaken as a whole, the five articles in this CAFE special issue offer both a reflection upon and an expansion of the diverse contributions of a founding member of the Culture and Agriculture section…Publication Date 2014
- agriculture
- Argentina
- Library Collection RecordClimate change is expected to adversely affect agriculture in South Africa. A rise in variable and unfavourable conditions is likely to surpass the limits of current coping mechanisms of farmers,…Publication Date 2014
- climate change
- agriculture
- livestock
- Karoo
- rangelands
- Subsistence farming
- communal farming
- socio-economic aspects
- management
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordForage legumes have the potential to contribute substantially to warm-season, subtropical and tropical pastures and rangelands. Compared to grasses, they have advantages in accessing subsoil…Publication Date 2014
- grasslands
- pastures
- rangelands
- legumes
- forage ecology
- nutrients
- management
- agriculture
- nutritional value
- Library Collection RecordTo elucidate the cessation impacts of agricultural management on a semi-natural grassland ecosystem, effects of grazing and burning on species composition of vascular plants were investigated in Mt.…Publication Date 2014
- management
- agriculture
- grasslands
- grazing
- fire ecology
- species richness
- Agricultural disuse
- environmental gradient analysis
- scale dependent
- soil physical conditions
- volcanic ash soil
- Mt. Aso
- Japan
- Library Collection RecordThe objectives of this study were to clarify the effect of chemical fertilizer and manure application on methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from intensively managed grassland on Andosols…Publication Date 2013
- fertilizer
- grasslands
- Methane
- greenhouse gases
- nitrous oxide
- agriculture
- manure
- Japan
- Library Collection RecordNitrogen (N) fertilizers applied on agricultural fields are an important source of nitrous oxide (N2O). The use of coated fertilizer is known to mitigate fertilizer derived N2O emissions; however,…Publication Date 2013
- soil nitrogen
- agriculture
- nitrous oxide
- climate change
- greenhouse gases
- urea
- Japan
- Library Collection RecordLarge-scale (circa 500 ha) restoration of species-rich dry grasslands was conducted using a high-diversity regional seed mixture in the White Carpathians Protected Landscape Area and Biosphere…Publication Date 2013
- grassland restoration
- regional seed mixture
- species diversity
- target species
- vegetation
- restoration ecology
- grasslands
- seeds
- vegetation dynamics
- mowing
- White Carpathians Protected Landscape Area and Biosphere Reserve
- Czech Republic
- Central Europe
- Library Collection RecordAgricultural intensification is a major driver of biodiversity decline throughout Europe. Agri-environment schemes governed by EU regulation are a significant tool in combating this decline but…Publication Date 2013
- conservation
- management
- biodiversity
- agriculture
- policy
- grasslands
- Conservation effectiveness
- Conservation Policy
- Farmland biodiversity
- Management contract
- Spatial conservation prioritization
- Zonation software
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordThe greenhouse gas (GHG) [methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O)] mitigation effects of mixing dried grass into passively-aerated manure during the composting process (which accounts for 68.7% of…Publication Date 2013
- greenhouse gases
- Methane
- climate change
- global warming
- nitrous oxide
- management
- agriculture
- Japan
- Library Collection RecordPolicy affecting the rangeland commons in South Africa has been based largely on management models developed for large-scale commercial farming. This paper examines the current policy situation and…Publication Date 2013
- policy
- socio-economic aspects
- rangelands
- Communal areas
- management
- Sustainable development
- agriculture
- livestock
- Tenure
- legislation
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of a urease inhibitor [N-(n-butyl) thiophosphoric triamide (nBTPT– trade name Agrotain®)] alone and a combination of nitrification inhibitor dicyandiamide (DCD) and nBTPT, defined as a…Publication Date 2013
- fertilisers
- agriculture
- pastoralism
- urea
- greenhouse gases
- management
- productivity
- New Zealand
- Library Collection RecordNitrous oxide (N2O) produced in shallow groundwater has two emission pathways to the atmosphere: dissolution in subsurface drainage and groundwater and later degassing from water surfaces open to the…Publication Date 2013
- nitrous oxide
- greenhouse gases
- soils
- agriculture
- climate change
- fertilizer
- groundwater
- Tsukuba
- Japan
- Library Collection RecordGlobal warming is one of the most profound challenges for human beings during the 21st century. The world's leading scientists have identified that warming of the climate system is unequivocal,…Publication Date 2013
- climate change
- greenhouse gases
- global warming
- agriculture
- socio-economic aspects
- carbon dioxide
- Methane
- soils
- land use
- management
- carbon sequestration
- modelling
- monitoring
- Tsukuba
- Japan
- Library Collection RecordThe present study assessed the effects of deferred grazing management on rangeland condition using aboveground biomass, vegetation cover and species composition as indicators of range condition. The…Publication Date 2013
- grazing
- vegetation
- ecosystem ecology
- management
- rangeland
- biomass
- grazing management
- ngitili
- species diversity
- vegetation cover
- Shinyanga
- Meatu districts
- Tanzania
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThere is a common perception in South Africa that the youth are not interested in agriculture, leading to two concerns: first, that this is exacerbating the youth unemployment crisis, and second,…Publication Date 2013
- agriculture
- socio-economic aspects
- communal farming
- rural areas
- animal production
- Plant Productivity
- policy
- livestock
- communal rangelands
- cattle
- goats
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper was prepared in response to a paper prepared by Vetter (in this issue) that addressed the issue of policy development related to sustainable management of rangelands. In line with the…Publication Date 2013
- policy
- Sustainable development
- management
- subsistence agriculture
- rangelands
- livestock
- agriculture
- animal productivity
- Plant Productivity
- Msinga
- KwaZulu-Natal
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordLand and agrarian reform has the potential to expand South Africa's rangeland commons and enhance their contribution to the livelihoods of the rural poor, yet to a large extent this has been an…Publication Date 2013
- rangeland
- Communal areas
- land reform
- subsistence agriculture
- socio-economic aspects
- policies
- Commercial farming
- agriculture
- Poverty
- livestock
- animal production
- management
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordMany persistent organic pollutants (POPs), notably hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs), chlorinated cyclodienes, and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes (DDTs), remain in Japanese farming soils, more than 40…Publication Date 2013
- pollution
- organic pollutants
- soils
- DDT
- agriculture
- herbicides
- Japan
- Library Collection RecordUnderstanding the spatial distribution and variability of soil texture is essential for land use planning and other activities related to agricultural management and environmental protection. This…Publication Date 2013
- soil texture
- land use
- management
- agriculture
- environmental protection
- remote sensing
- mapping
- PingduShandong China
- Library Collection RecordThe total area of abandoned and fallow agricultural fields in Japan has been increasing annually. The change in agricultural land use can alter belowground carbon (C) stocks associated with changes…Publication Date 2013
- agriculture
- land use
- soil carbon
- carbon sinks
- carbon sequestration
- Japan
- Library Collection RecordQuestions What are the characteristics of soil seed banks in highly endangered renosterveld vegetation and adjacent degraded sites? What is the contribution of the soil seed bank to restoring…Publication Date 2013
- ecology
- soils
- seed bank
- degradation
- agriculture
- fire ecology
- management
- restoration ecology
- Alien invasive species
- indigenous vegetation
- wartland Shale Renosterveld
- Cape Floristic Region
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordLeguminous plants are often cropped before main cropping in conservation agriculture based cropping systems. However, their quick decomposition and subsequent nitrogen (N) release may cause N…Publication Date 2013
- conservation
- agriculture
- soil nitrogen
- no-till
- fertilizer
- soil fertility
- Japan
- Library Collection RecordNitrous oxide (N2O) makes the single largest contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from UK and European Union agriculture. Ambitious government targets for GHG mitigation are leading to the…Publication Date 2013
- greenhouse gases
- climate change
- nitrous oxide
- agriculture
- management
- soil conditions
- Economic Aspects
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordThis study reports the effects of a long-term tillage and crop residue experiment on the soil microbial ecology of a Loess soil located in Gansu Province, western China. Tillage and residue…Publication Date 2013
- Soil Condition
- agriculture
- management
- fertilizer
- Maize
- tillage
- conservation agriculture
- soil fertility
- China
- Library Collection RecordQuestion In many industrialized countries biodiversity is declining. Although changes in species composition and species richness have been documented for many individual systems, little long-term…Publication Date 2012
- Agricultural intensification
- Agri-environment schemes (AES)
- Floristic value
- Nature reserves
- Nutrient richness
- species richness
- biodiversity
- grasslands
- agriculture
- conservation
- management
- Netherlands
- Library Collection RecordThe productivity of important agricultural crops is drastically reduced when they experience short episodes of high temperatures during the reproductive period. Crop heat stress was acknowledged in…Publication Date 2012
- adaptation
- agriculture
- climate change
- Global Agro-Ecological Zones Model
- heat stress
- food security
- Library Collection RecordThe establishment of conservancies and collaborative nature reserves is often promoted without understanding the impact that such initiatives have on the environment, the wildlife and landowners.…Publication Date 2012
- nature reserve
- management
- game
- livestock
- agriculture
- land use
- conservation
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordSeeding & establishing Lucerne PasturesPublication Date 2012
- seeds
- Lucerne
- health
- Commercial farming
- Pasture establishment
- veld
- management
- grasslands
- agriculture
- Library Collection RecordThe thesis seeks to understand how emerging communities borne out of the Fast Track Land Reform Programme in Zimbabwe have been able to ensure social cohesion and social service provision using farm…Publication Date 2012
- agriculture
- Emerging communities
- Challenges
- Fast Track Land Reform Programme
- Economic crisis
- social networks
- Farm committees
- Irrigation committees
- Health committees
- Mazowe district
- socio-economic aspects
- subsistence agriculture
- rural areas
- politics
- management
- Zimbabwe
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordHealthy ecosystems include many species (high richness) with similar abundances (high evenness). Thus, both aspects of biodiversity are worthy of conservation. Simultaneously conserving richness and…Publication Date 2012
- abundance
- agriculture
- biodiversity
- conservation
- ecosystem management
- evenness
- fire
- metadata
- organic farming
- species richness
- Library Collection RecordThe agricultural component of the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) programme in Ghana, consistent with the country's Food and Agriculture Sector Development Policy (FASDEP) promotes the…Publication Date 2012
- Tobit regression
- commercialization
- agriculture
- smallholder farmers
- subsistence agriculture
- Economic Aspects
- policies
- North Africa
- Ghana
- Library Collection RecordLarge-scale (circa 500 ha) restoration of species-rich dry grasslands was conducted using a high-diversity regional seed mixture in the White Carpathians Protected Landscape Area and Biosphere…Publication Date 2012
- grassland restoration
- regional seed mixture
- species diversity
- target species
- vegetation
- White Carpathian Mountains
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordThe relative effects of tree clearing, increased livestock densities and nutrient enrichment have rarely been compared across markedly different organism types, but negative effects are generally…Publication Date 2012
- agriculture
- livestock
- Native Pasture
- nutrient enrichment
- rotational grazing
- woodland
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe studied area is the agricultural region Montes de Navahermosa integrated into the historic natural area Montes de Toledo. It is located in the south-western side of Toledo province (Castille-La…Publication Date 2012
- landscape complexes
- Navahermosa
- Toledo Mountains
- vegetation
- Toledo
- Spain
- Library Collection RecordThe purpose of this paper is to identify which of the world's cereal producing regions are likely to become vulnerable to climate change over the 21st century by identifying those regions that…Publication Date 2012
- Adaptive capacity index
- Drought index
- Climate change vulnerability
- food security
- Food
- agriculture
- soil moisture
- Library Collection RecordProtected areas constitute strategy for biodiversity conservation. Unfortunately, these sanctuaries of biodiversity are submitted to a high human pressure in Togo. This study carried out in the Alé…Publication Date 2012
- vegetation
- diversity
- Pressure
- management
- Togo
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordEmission of Green House Gases (GHGs) from various sources into the atmosphere causes rise in air temperature. This addition of GHGs has a great impact on the environment. Among the GHGs, carbon…Publication Date 2012
- Mitigating
- climate change
- GHGs
- atmosphere
- temperature
- soil
- management
- agriculture
- carbon dioxide
- greenhouse gases
- Library Collection RecordClimate change impacts on agriculture could arguably be most critical for developing countries in tropical regions: their populations rely importantly on agriculture and climate-dependant resources,…Publication Date 2012
- climate change
- agriculture
- impacts
- tropics
- C4 crops
- plant production
- precipitation
- modelling
- subsistence agriculture
- food security
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordI address this august gathering after we celebrated Freedom Day last week, a day that marks a significant and historic paradigm shift in the history of our country. On that day 18 years ago, South…Publication Date 2012
- climate change
- policies
- politics
- agriculture
- Economic Aspects
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordTeff (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter) is a major food crop in Ethiopia and Eritrea. It is well adapted to Vertisols. Yields are low (around 1000 ‰kg/ha) despite fertilization with urea and…Publication Date 2011
- agriculture
- grasslands
- soicio-economic aspects
- food security
- fertilizer
- soil fertility
- zinc
- management
- Ethiopia
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSoil structure development has a direct and indirect relation with hydraulic properties that generally control the transport of surface applied nutrients in unsaturated zones causing environmental…Publication Date 2011
- soils
- nutrient
- management
- nitrous oxide
- agriculture
- Library Collection RecordDegradation of soil as a consequence of land use poses a threat to sustainable agriculture in South Africa, resulting in the need for a soil protection strategy and policy. Development of such a…Publication Date 2011
- land use
- soils
- policy
- Organic Content
- grazing
- fire
- rangeland
- agriculture
- conservation
- no-till
- pasture
- soil nutrients
- organic carbon
- management
- restoration ecology
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordWind erosion is a major contributor to desertification in the Sahel. Although three effective countermeasures for wind erosion (i.e. ridging, mulching with post-harvest crop residue, and windbreaks)…Publication Date 2011
- erosion
- desertification
- Sahel
- desert grasslands
- management
- soil fertility
- agriculture
- rainfall
- Soil Condition
- Sahel
- West Africa
- Library Collection RecordOver the past half-century, agricultural production gains have provided a platform for rural and urban economic growth worldwide. In African countries, however, agriculture has been widely assumed to…Publication Date 2011
- farming
- scaling-up
- Social capital
- sustainable intensification
- Sustainable development
- soil conservation
- soils
- sustainability
- conservation
- agriculture
- policies
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection Record1. Climate extremes are expected to increase in frequency and magnitude as a consequence of global warming. 2.Managed permanent grasslands cover a large surface in Europe and contribute substantially…Publication Date 2011
- agriculture
- drought
- modelling
- adaptation
- climate change
- plant production
- Ecosystem function
- climatic events
- extreme weather
- grassland
- meadows
- phenotypes
- plant-climate interactions
- provenances
- within-species variability
- Europe
- Library Collection RecordQuestion: Can we predict the spatial distribution of plant communities in semi-arid rangelands based on a limited set of environmental variables? Where are priority areas for conservation located?…Publication Date 2011
- CT-model
- Decision tree classifier
- grazing intensity
- Juniperus excelsa woodlands
- rangelands
- ecosystem ecology
- mapping
- conservation ecology
- grazing
- modelling
- agriculture
- Al Jabal al Akhdar
- Arabia
- Library Collection RecordPollen records from Lake Malawi, Africa spanning the last 135 160;kyr show substantial and abrupt vegetation response to multiple episodes of extreme aridity between 135 and 75 160;ka. Peaks in both…Publication Date 2011
- pollen
- vegetation
- Pleistocene
- Paleoclimate
- East Africa
- Library Collection RecordBackground: Nitrogen fixation has been quantified for a range of crop legumes and actinorhizal plants under different agricultural/agroforestry conditions, but much less is known of legume and…Publication Date 2011
- soil nutrients
- agriculture
- legumes
- soil nitrogen
- ecosystem ecology
- nitrogen fixation
- atmospheric nitrogen