Perennial pastures in cropping systems of southern Australia: an overview of present and future research

2014 ◽  
Vol 65 (10) ◽  
pp. 1084 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Robertson ◽  
Clinton Revell
Keyword(s):  
Cropping Systems ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Cooperative Research ◽  
Livestock Farming ◽  
Forage Plants ◽  
Livestock Farming Systems ◽  
Mixed Crop ◽  
Salinity Management

Addressing the opportunities and challenges for integrating perennial forages and shrubs into the mixed crop–livestock farming systems of southern Australia has been the focus of the Future Farm Industries Cooperative Research Centre EverCrop project. This overview discusses the use of perennial plants in cropping landscapes in terms of the concepts of ‘rotation, separation and integration’ and highlights the contribution of papers in this special issue of Crop and Pasture Science across a range of biophysical and socioeconomic factors. Drivers for the inclusion of perennial forage plants include salinity management, groundcover maintenance and filling seasonal feed gaps, and this need will continue as mixed crop–livestock systems evolve in the context of managing business risk and a requirement for better natural resource management outcomes.

scholarly journals Strategic stakeholders’ typology and mapping using stakeholder network analyses on integrated crops-livestock farming systems in West New Guinea

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deny Anjelus Iyai ◽  
Isti Widayati ◽  
Hendrik Fatem ◽  
Dwi Nurhayati ◽  
Maria Arim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Time Allocation ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Shared Resources ◽  
Livestock Farming ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
Network Analyses ◽  
Livestock Farming Systems ◽  
Mixed Crop ◽  
Stakeholder Network

AbstractStakeholders and its network play prominent roles in development particularly agriculture sector. The involvement of many stakeholders and other parties shaped how farms can sustain in terms of economic, social and environment indicators. Exploring the importance and roles of actors become strategic and vital to recognize. Study was done in Manokwari using focus group discussion towards twenty various represented individuals, groups and mass institutions. The queries discussed concerning background, resources delivery, interconnectivity amongst actors, intervention and innovation. The finding is that the stakeholders in mixed crop-livestock are dominated by individuals’ actors who privately manage the farms officially has laws. These actors are commonly act like stakeholders who are positively important ruled the farms. The threats are real and exist and should be lowering as much as possible to mitigate the turn-back effect. The top five shared resources are access, satisfaction, power, knowledge and time allocation. Those resources will stay longer to sustain strong needs of the farms. The relationship of actors is dominated by positive similarity and the ranges of correlation are varying in between negative, neutral to positive. This is due to actors reluctant to deliver the intervention and innovation. Actors with low interest and low power should then be promote to high interest and power by using aids, guidance and services from each actor in mixed crop-livestock farms business.

scholarly journals Livestock, Crop Commercialisation and Poverty Reduction Among Rural Households in the Singida Region, Tanzania

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ntengua S.Y. Mdoe ◽  
Gilead Mlay ◽  
Gideon Boniface ◽  
Aida Isinika ◽  
Christopher Magomba
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Livestock Farming ◽  
Rural People ◽  
Livestock Farming Systems ◽  
Mixed Crop

Livestock is an important component of mixed crop-livestock farming systems in the Singida Region in Tanzania, directly or indirectly contributing to household income, food security and poverty reduction among rural people in the region. This paper examined the effect of livestock on crop commercialisation and farmers’ livelihoods in the region. The complementarity between crops and livestock in the farming systems of Singida needs to be recognised, enhanced and utilised not only by farmers and livestock keepers, but also by local government authorities and development practitioners.

scholarly journals Measuring the economic performance of mixed crop-livestock farming systems in Egypt: A non-parametric DEA approach

New Medit ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Osama Ahmed ◽  
Supawat Rungsuriyawiboon ◽  
Sameh Abdelsalam
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Delta Region ◽  
Livestock Farming ◽  
Livestock Farming Systems ◽  
Parametric Data ◽  
Mixed Crop ◽  
Non Parametric

This study examines the relative technical efficiency of mixed crop-livestock farming systems and assesses their economic performance between the Upper and Delta regions of Egypt. A non-parametric data envelopment analysis (DEA) method is empirically applied for measuring technical efficiency using farm-level data for 838 mixed crop-livestock farmers. The findings show that the mixed crop-livestock farms in Egypt are operating at a low level of technical efficiency, indicating most farms are unable to catch up with the current production frontier and existing production technologies. Farms in the Delta region perform slightly better than those farms in Upper Egypt. Results also suggest that technical efficiency improvement is positively affected by farmers’ education, having a farm milk production certificate, and being located in the Delta region, whereas farm size negatively affects the economic performance of mixed crop-livestock farming systems in Egypt. ,,

Livestock water productivity in mixed crop–livestock farming systems of the Blue Nile basin: Assessing variability and prospects for improvement

2009 ◽  
Vol 102 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 33-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amare Haileslassie ◽  
Don Peden ◽  
Solomon Gebreselassie ◽  
Tilahun Amede ◽  
Katrien Descheemaeker
Keyword(s):  
Water Productivity ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Nile Basin ◽  
Livestock Farming ◽  
Blue Nile ◽  
Livestock Farming Systems ◽  
Blue Nile Basin ◽  
Mixed Crop

scholarly journals Susceptibility of Perennial Tropical Forage Plants to Glyphosate Herbicide in Integrated Crop-Livestock Farming Systems

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
L.A.Z. MACHADO ◽  
É. COMUNELLO ◽  
U. CECATO ◽  
G. CONCENÇO
Keyword(s):  
Block Design ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Livestock Farming ◽  
Forage Plants ◽  
Livestock Farming Systems ◽  
Randomized Block Design ◽  
Tropical Forage ◽  
Grading Scale ◽  
Glyphosate Herbicide ◽  
Plant Susceptibility

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to evaluate forage plant susceptibility in Urochloa ssp. and Megathyrsus maximus with two glyphosate herbicide doses, to increase the efficiency of integrated crop-livestock farming systems. A randomized block design was adopted, in a split-plot arrangement, with six replications. In the main plots, the following treatments were established: Urochloa ruziziensis, U. decumbens, U. brizantha cvs. Xaraés, BRS Piatã and BRS Paiaguás, Megathyrsus maximus cvs. Aruana and BRS Tamani; in the subplots, there were doses of glyphosate herbicide; 0.72 and 1.44 kg a.e. ha-1. The estimated control percentage was consisted of a grading scale from zero (fully living tiller) to 100 (fully dead tillers), assigned 7; 14; 21 and 28 days after herbicide application. The 0.72 kg a.e. ha-1 glyphosate dose was not effective for forage control, but it was possible to identify the most susceptible genotypes, such as U. ruziziensis and BRS Paiaguás. The 1.44 kg a.e. ha-1 dose was satisfactory in controlling (³80%) the grasses U. ruziziensis, U. brizantha cv. BRS Paiaguás and M. maximum cv. Aruana at 17, 18 and 18 days of desiccation intervals, respectively. In conclusion, the susceptibility of forage plants to herbicide glyphosate varies among species and cultivars. U. ruziziensis, BRS Paiaguás and Aruana grasses are desiccated with reduced herbicide doses and short desiccation intervals, and can contribute to the diversification of the forage used in integrated crop-livestock farming systems.

scholarly journals Typology Analyses and Strategic Stakeholders’ Mapping Using Network on Integrated Crops-Livestock Farming Systems

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-64
Author(s):  
Deny Anjelus Iyai ◽  
I Widayati ◽  
H Fatem ◽  
D Nurhayati ◽  
M Arim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Time Allocation ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Environmental Indicators ◽  
Livestock Farming ◽  
Network Analyses ◽  
Livestock Farming Systems ◽  
Mixed Crop

Stakeholders and their networks play prominent roles in developing the agricultural sector. For instance, the economic, social, and environmental indicators of farms are sustained by the involvement of stakeholders and other relevant parties. Therefore, exploring the importance and roles of actors has become strategic and vital to recognize. This research aims to determine the strategic stakeholders' typology and mapping using their network analyses on integrated crops-livestock farming systems in West New Guinea. The study was carried out in Manokwari using the focus group discussion on twenty various represented individuals, groups, and mass institutions. The queries discussed were based on background, resources delivery, inter-connectivity amongst actors, intervention, and innovation. The result showed that the stakeholders in mixed crop-livestock are dominated by individuals' that privately manage the farms officially in accordance with the laws. The result also showed that the farming systems in West New Guinea, experience real threats which need to be lowered to mitigate the turn-back effect. The top five shared resources are access, satisfaction, power, knowledge, and time allocation. These resources tend to stay longer to sustain the strong needs of the farms, which are dominated by positive similarity with varying ranges of correlation ranging from negative, neutral to positive. This is because the stakeholders are reluctant to deliver the intervention and innovation, therefore, those with low interest and power need to be promoted to high interest and power by using aids, guidance, and services from each actor in the mixed crop-livestock farms business.

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