Characterisation of farmers’ responses to policy reforms in Scottish hill farming areas

Studies in the UK on continuously stocked swards dominated by perennial ryegrass show that both net herbage production and lamb output per hectare are maximised when herbage mass is maintained at 1200-I 500 kg OM/ha (3-5 cm surface height) during the main season of growth. The use of this information to define sward management objectives is outlined, and the incorporation of these objectives into the spring and summer phases of a grassland sheep enterprise is illustrated

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Pathways ahead for New Zealand hill country farming

Journal of New Zealand Grasslands ◽

10.33584/jnzg.2016.78.522 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 78 ◽

pp. 73-82 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

F.G. Scrimgeour

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Rural Communities ◽

New Technologies ◽

Service Providers ◽

Farming Systems ◽

Hill Country ◽

The Status ◽

And Performance ◽

Hill Farming ◽

The Hill

This paper provides a stocktake of the status of hill country farming in New Zealand and addresses the challenges which will determine its future state and performance. It arises out of the Hill Country Symposium, held in Rotorua, New Zealand, 12-13 April 2016. This paper surveys people, policy, business and change, farming systems for hill country, soil nutrients and the environment, plants for hill country, animals, animal feeding and productivity, and strategies for achieving sustainable outcomes in the hill country. This paper concludes by identifying approaches to: support current and future hill country farmers and service providers, to effectively and efficiently deal with change; link hill farming businesses to effective value chains and new markets to achieve sufficient and stable profitability; reward farmers for the careful management of natural resources on their farm; ensure that new technologies which improve the efficient use of input resources are developed; and strategies to achieve vibrant rural communities which strengthen hill country farming businesses and their service providers. Keywords: farming systems, hill country, people, policy, productivity, profitability, sustainability

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Hill farming - An opinion on the future

Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association ◽

10.33584/jnzg.2011.73.2837 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 1-4

Author(s):

G.W. Sheath

Keyword(s):

Livestock Farming ◽

Policy Makers ◽

The Future ◽

Hill Farming

This paper is not a formal review of hill farming literature. Rather, it is my view on the critical challenges and changes that we need to deal with if mixed livestock farming on hill lands is to be successful over the next 20 years. It is my hope that industry leaders, policy makers and agribusiness managers will give consideration to these views. Some people say that it is not smart to look into the rear-vision mirror, but I do not agree. Having a better understanding of the consequences of past events can help guide future decisions and changes.

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Impact of crude oil price on the socio-political environment of global countries

Restaurant Business ◽

10.26643/rb.v118i3.7635 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 118 (3) ◽

pp. 110-122

Author(s):

Johnson Clement Madathil ◽

Velmurugan P. S

Keyword(s):

Crude Oil ◽

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Oil Price ◽

Policy Framework ◽

Political Environment ◽

Policy Reforms ◽

Crude Oil Price ◽

Short Term ◽

Political Impact ◽

New Energy

Crude oil is known to have an impact on people’s life of both producers and consumers of crude oil countries. A producer country’s socio-political impact will be different from a consumer country’s socio-political impact. This paper aims to show that crude oil price has a socio-political impact on global countries through descriptive analysis. The study found that there were similarities in the movement of crude oil price and change in GDP of both India and United States and further Russia and Venezuela have had crude oil impact on their respective GDP’s, which has made them take policy reforms. The paper identifies changes in the policy framework due to influence of crude oil price and eventual changes in existing socio-political environment. Taking oil producing countries such as Russia and Venezuela as examples, this paper suggests that policy reforms are the key to having a stable socio-political environment. Russia shows us that having a flexible monetary policy can keep the budget dependence on crude oil reduced in the short term. On the other hand, for oil consuming countries, having a stable supply and moving to new energy sources is the key to tackle the influence of crude oil price on the socio-political environment of global countries.

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