Norfolk livestock farming 1250-1740 : a comparative study of manorial accounts and probate inventories
Agricultural productivity ; Arable land ; England ; Farm size ; Farmingsystem ; Historical geography ; Livestock ; Livestock farming ; Middle Age ; Modern period ; Norfolk ; Pastoral ; United Kingdom
Cheptel ; Elevage ; England ; Géographie historique ; Moyen Age ; Norfolk ; Pastoral ; Productivité agricole ; Royaume-Uni ; Système de culture ; Taille de l'exploitation ; Temps modernes ; Terre arable
The evidence of accounts and inventories reveals the continuity of developed and dynamic pastoral farmingsystems in Norfolk. From an early date, the distructive feature of livestock farming was its close integration with arable farming, producing
Diagnosing research priorities for small farmers : experiences from on-farm research in Pakistan
Agriculteur ; Economie rurale ; Géographie de l'Asie ; Niveau de vie ; Pakistan ; Production agricole ; Recherche ; Système de culture
Recent experiences in on-farm research programs in Pakistan are reviewed with special reference to the importance of farmingsystem interactions in diagnosing technological interventions for the major food grain crops in various systems. - (l'A.).
Agriculture ; Amélioration des terres ; Domaine aride ; Géographie de l'Asie ; Inde ; Intensification ; Mise en valeur agricole ; Production agricole ; Pâturage ; Recherche ; Système de culture ; Technique agricole
This paper reviews the need for a proper farmingsystems research in Indian arid zone and the results obtained so far from different studies. - (PLK)
Socioeconomic viewpoints on highland-lowland systems : a case study on the northwest side of Mount Kenya
Agricultural practice ; Farmingsystem ; Farming;Agriculture ; Kenya ; Mount Kenya ; Mountain ; Mountain farming ; Peasantry
Agriculture ; Agriculture de montagne ; Kenya ; Kenya mont ; Montagne ; Paysannerie ; Pratique culturale ; Système de culture
Farmers who to semi-arid Laikipia District maintain humid land-use practices unsuitable to this zone. Interview surveys of household strategies of small-scale farmers and off-farm employment opportunities point to the need for a socioeconomic
Hedgerow planting activities by Danish farmers : a case study from central Jutland
Denmark ; Farm ; Geographical information system ; Hedge ; Jylland ; Landscape dynamics ; Landscape ecology ; Rural landscape
Danemark ; Dynamique du paysage ; Ecologie du paysage ; Exploitation agricole ; Haie ; Jylland ; Paysage rural ; Système d'information géographique
The study is based on a questionnaire survey with farmers in two parishes supplemented by aerial photo interpretation. The first section examines changes in hedgerow network parameters between 1972 and 1995. The second section analyses the net
effect of planting activities between 1987 and 1997 and the motives behind them. Full-time farmers were the most active farm group concerning the proportion of farmers planting hedgerows. Subvention had a strong impact on planting activities.
The information system model to frame the regional dairy farming policy
Géographie humaine ; Modèle ; Politique agricole ; Produit laitier ; Région ; Système d'information
for the structural analysis of needs of the farmers and constructs the regional model applied system dynamics. Finally a political simulation is conducted. - (SGA)
The purpose of this paper is to construct the system to frame the regional agricultural policy on the assumption that INS will be introduced. First it presents the concept of the system to bring about an agreement, next it gives the method
Issues in institutionalizing on-farm client. Oriented research : a review of experiences from nine national agricultural research systems
Agriculteur ; Expérimentation ; Ferme ; Géographie humaine ; Niveau de vie ; Recherche ; Système de culture
This paper reviews the experiences of nine national agricultural research systems which have at least five years experience in building on-farm research capacity. Three critical areas of institutionalization are analyzed : integrating on-farm
and experiment station research| involving resource-poor farmers in the research process| and developing interdisciplinary research with a systems perspective. - (l'A.).
further to Austrian farmers. After presentation of the ownership change, the transformation of the production system is analysed. - (ZK)
In this paper, the transformation of the Fertöd State Farm (W-Hungary) is presented. During the privatisation process the state farm was converted into a private venture, two thirds of the total land area was sold to smallholders who lease the land
Coping with hunger : hazard and experiment in an African rice-farmingsystem.
A case study of a Mende village in Sierra Leone based on field work undertaken in 1981-3 and 1985 indicates that the rice farmers are themselves innovators and their expertise is often more valuable than that of scientific advisors. - (EMS)
Small farmers as resource managers : a note from St. Vincent
Agriculture ; Agriculture familiale ; Exploitation agricole ; Gestion des ressources ; Géographie de l'Amérique ; Petites Antilles ; Saint-Vincent et les Grenadines ; Système de culture
Small farmers in the north of St. Vincent have demonstrated a wealth of local knowledge and environmental awareness which is adeptly used in dealing with the many problems inherent in the farmingsystem. - (DB)
Agroclimatologie ; Légumes ; Modèle photothermique ; Moyenne montagne ; Népal ; Récolte ; Système de culture
Models for the time between sowing and reproductive maturity are used to examine the suitability of six legume cover crops for farmingsystems in the mid-hills region of Nepal. There was substantial variability in maturity dates resulting from
Understanding climate change and farming : scientific and farmers' constructions of global warming in relation to agriculture
Adaptation ; Agricultural land use ; Climatic warming ; Farm ; Farmer behaviour ; Impact ; Information ; United Kingdom
Examen de la construction d'un discours scientifique sur le réchauffement global, en relation avec la compréhension de ce discours par les fermiers. Cette compréhension est transcrite sous une forme adaptée aux systèmes de connaissance des fermiers
Agricultural specialization and farmer decision behaviour: a case study of hop farming in the West Midlands
Comportement des agriculteurs ; Décision ; England ; Géographie humaine ; Houblon ; Royaume-Uni ; Régression quadratique ; Spécialisation ; Surfaces de tendance ; Système de culture ; West Midlands
The trend towards agricultural specialization has been mainly explained in terms of rational economic behaviour. This ignores changes which are attributable to variations in farmer decision-making behaviour and goals and values. Such behavioural
influences, are examined in a survey of hop specialization. The adoption of Bowler's four-stage methodology demonstrated that age and family tradition are characteristic features of overspecialized'hop farms. However, the processes involved are complex
Agricultural production ; Agriculture ; Agrosystem ; Farm ; Farmer ; Farmingsystem ; Handbook ; Rural area ; Social system ; World
Agriculteur ; Agriculture ; Agrosystème ; Espace rural ; Exploitation agricole ; Manuel ; Monde ; Production agricole ; Système de culture ; Système social
Cet ouvrage est constitué de cinq parties. La première traite des agriculteurs, espaces et productions, la seconde analyse l'agrosystème et la troisième le sociosystème ; la quatrième partie est consacrée au système productif tandis que la cinquième
montre les liens entre les systèmes de production et les espaces agricoles.
Organic farming as a potential for the development of protected areas
Agriculture ; Legislation ; Organic farming ; Protected area ; Regional development ; Slovenia ; Socio-economic system ; Tourism potential
Possibilities for the development of organic farming in protected areas are analyzed considering the background of the current state of organic farming in Slovenia, current legislation regarding farming in protected areas and both, economic
and demographic characteristics of the selected protected areas in that country. Organic farmers are important providers of healthy, locally produced food, which can be the important component of tourism. Low interconnections between farmers and others cause
inhibition of development of organic farming in protected areas. - (IKR)
Agricultural land use ; Farm ; Farm size ; Farmingsystem ; Land ; Local authority ; New Zealand ; Plots of land ; Rural economy ; State control
Economie rurale ; Exploitation agricole ; Foncier ; Nouvelle-Zélande ; Parcellaire ; Pouvoir local ; Rôle de l'Etat ; Système de culture ; Taille de l'exploitation ; Utilisation agricole du sol
The paper reviews the explanation for changes in farm size in developed western countries and identifies the inadequacy of national data in presenting an accurate explanation of change. National farm size has decreased since the mid-1970s in New
Zealand, but the experiences of different parts of the country have varied considerably. It has decreased the most where subdivision and intensification of land use have taken place, whilst in some pastoral regions farm size has been maintained or has even