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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"livestock management"”.
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Advancing Precision Agriculture Through AI and Statistical Modeling: Transforming Crop and Livestock Management
… enhance agricultural practices, focusing on both livestock man- agement and plant biology. The first part investigates automated weight prediction of beef cattle using computer vision techniques, including YOLOv9 and InternImage with Cas- cade R-CNN for precise image segmentation. Advanced feature …
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Livestock and landscape: exploring animal exploitation in later prehistory in the South West of Britain.
… of landscapes. The nature and needs of livestock and detailed consideration of husbandry methods have informed identification of the types of archaeological data we can use to discuss husbandry practices. This thesis integrates faunal, field and environmental data to achieve a holistic …
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Digital Phenotyping and Genomic Prediction Using Machine and Deep Learning in Animals and Plants
… learning and machine learning approaches for livestock management and quantitative genetic modeling of rice grain size under climate change. Monitoring the live body weight of animals is crucial to support farm management decisions due to its direct relationship with animal growth, nutritional …
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Freestyle Bearing: Work, Play, and Synergy in the Practice of Everyday Life Among Mongolian Reindeer Pastoralists
… processes like nomadic settlement and livestock management are embodied? Informed by a phenomenological approach in anthropology during nearly four months of cooperative co-habitation with Tsaatan mentors, I argue that Tsaatans effectively realize livelihood practices as they cheerfully …
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Stock wintering systems in Southland
… the past fifteen years major, changes in the management of livestock have occurred in Southland. The area of forage crops for wintering stock has greatly decreased with the development of low cost wintering systems. The change in emphasis from crop to grass wintering of livestock may have …
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Digestion Studies With Sheep and Wild Antelope On A Sagebrush Ration
Introduction: Those who are responsible for the management of antelope, range livestock, and the range seek to maintain such a balance that al may thrive and reproduce. This is inevitably a difficult objective since the balance in numbers of antelope and livestock may be changed annually, but range …
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Factors leading to low levels of participation in adult literacy programmes among men in Namwala district.
… and write and also improve their farming and livestock management skills. It was further revealed that some men chose not to take part in the adult literacy programmes because they felt shy, felt they were too old for any learning and that the programmes were a waste of time. The study …
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Impact of lifestock on vegetation and soil nutrients around water points in Highland Savanna rangelands, Namibia
… water is scarce or absent for provision of livestock farming in dry lands Namibia. The impact of livestock grazing on the vegetation and soil status was studied along a grazing gradient from watering points in the Neudamm high land savannah area, in both large and small livestock management …
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Effectiveness of 2016 Watershed Protection Plan on Bacteria and Nutrient Concentration Loads in the Attoyac Bayou Watershed
… Plan (WPP) was developed to implement best management practices (BMPs) that would decrease bacteria and nutrient concentrations in the watershed. Educational outreach programs, on-site-sewage facility repair, and livestock management were some of the strategies suggested by the protection …
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Effects of Ractopamine and Muscle Fiber Number on Swine Growth Performance, Carcass Traits, and Meat Quality
… Advances in nutrition, genetics, and general livestock management have enabled producers to increase their efficiency. Increased efficiency is attained through shortening days to harvest (ADG), enhancing feed conversion (G:F), and increasing carcass leanness. One method to increase ADG, G:F, …
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Effects of ractopamine and muscle fiber number on swine growth performance, carcass traits, and meat quality
… Advances in nutrition, genetics, and general livestock management have enabled producers to increase their efficiency. Increased efficiency is attained through shortening days to harvest (ADG), enhancing feed conversion (G:F), and increasing carcass leanness. One method to increase ADG, G:F, …
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Climate change, perceived human environment changes, and adaptation responses in coastal Indigenous community of Akplabanya, Ghana
… fisheries, water systems, land utilization, livestock management, architectural practices, and the preservation of Indigenous knowledge in Akplabanya.
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Watershed nonpoint source management system: a geographic information system approach
… parameter, annual, watershed nonpoint source management system (WATNPS) was developed for land management planning. WATNPS simulates annual sediment, nitrogen (chemical and livestock organic), and phosphorus (chemical and livestock organic) yields from nonpoint sources. The system is linked to …
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An integrated modelling approach for sustainable management of semi-arid and arid rangelands
The need to develop sustainable resource management strategies for semi-arid and arid rangelands is acute as non-adapted grazing strategies lead to irreversible environmental problems such as desertification and associated loss of economic support to society. In such vulnerable ecosystems, …
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Tradeoffs and co-benefits among impacts of contrasting livestock systems
Livestock farming generates some striking externalities; whilst it provides 30% of human dietary protein, it occupies 75% of agricultural land, emits 14-17% of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, and uses more antimicrobials than human medicine. Demand for livestock products is high and rising, …
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Credibility and scale as barriers to uptake and use of seasonal climate forecasts in Bobirwa Sub-District, Botswana
… warnings and minimising losses of crops and livestock. However, disadvantages of using SCF were also highlighted, including lost crops, seeds and harvest, and missed opportunities to plant because of lack of temporal and geographical detail in the forecasts. The barrier of credibility has …
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Precision Technologies and Data Analytics for Monitoring Ruminants
… population. Despite notable advancements in the livestock industry, there is a rising demand for animal protein products and a pressing need for sustainable practices. Consequently, it is imperative to focus on improving efficiency and sustainability across the environmental, economic, and social …
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Developing Management Guidelines that Balance Cattle and Timber Production with Ecological Interests in the Black Hills of South Dakota
… to the United States (US) economy by providing livestock and timber production. Livestock grazing of forested lands has been widespread throughout the western US since the settlement era, and currently occurs on 51.4 million hectares (ha) representing 16% of all US grazing land and 22% of all US …
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Renegotiating communal autonomy: communal land rights and liberal land reform on the Bolivian altiplano: Carangas, 1860-1930
… framework on basis of land, labour and livestock management, and how people and resources are brought into circulation through a “complex exchange chain.” Chapter four assesses how local production, exchange and regulation was bound by a fiscal-legal land system, local practices and …