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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"pastoral agriculture"”.
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Ecological assessments of Pseudomonas communities in pastoral soils: implications for disease suppression and sustainable production in agricultural grasslands
… systems however, disease suppression under pastoral agriculture remains vastly understudied. As such, the overarching aim of this thesis was to “identify farm management practices that provide opportunities by which the indigenous microbial communities of pastoral soils may be ‘engineered’ …
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Changes in δ¹⁵N in pastoral soils under varying management intensity
… subsequent intensification) of European style pastoral agriculture from the 1800s. An indicator that could identify soils which are most vulnerable to N loss would be useful to help target management practices aimed at reducing unwanted N losses. The natural abundance of ¹⁵N relative to ¹⁴N …
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Understanding the drivers behind farmer decision making toward a new farm management approach : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master Applied Science at Lincoln University
… systems. A recent development in the alternative agricultures conversation is a call for regenerative agriculture (RA), described as a “…change from a battle against nature into the art of encouraging nature to release the most benefits for human use with the least possible effort” (Rodale, 1983, …