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CROPPING PRACTICE [2 records]

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Record 1 2000-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cultural Practices (Agriculture)
  • Cropping Systems
CONT

The necessary steps are clearly indicated. The region should be divided into sub-areas according to the types of use to which each portion of it may be best and most safely devoted; and, in addition, to determine the kinds Of agricultural practice and engineering treatment required to fit each portion to its indicated use. Certain sub-marginal lands should be taken permanently out of commercial production. On arable farms such soil conserving practices as re-grassing, contour plowing, listing, terracing, strip cropping and the planting of shelter trees sould be followed. Grasses of demonstrated fitness to local conditions should be develop and used.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soin des cultures (Agriculture)
  • Systèmes de culture
CONT

D'autres essais visent à évaluer les effets des sols sur la régénération des pâturages par le réensemencement au moyen de graminées tel l'agropyre à crête, en comparant les sols couverts de graminées indigènes aux sols ensemencés d'agropyre à crête qui sont broutés avec ceux qui ne le sont pas.

Spanish

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Record 2 1995-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Management and Policy
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Economic Planning
DEF

A mathematical method of determining an optimal combination of inputs to maximize (or minimize) an objective in which the input variables involved are subject to constraint.

OBS

In agricultural projects, occasionally used to optimize cropping patterns to maximize income. In practice, requires a computer.

OBS

In farm management, a formal type of budgeting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion et politique agricole
  • Économie agricole
  • Planification économique
OBS

En gestion agricole, méthode économétrique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión y política agrícola
  • Economía agrícola
  • Planificación económica
DEF

Es un método matemático para determinar una combinación óptima de insumos, a fin de maximizar (o minimizar) un objetivo en el que las variables de insumos que intervienen están sujetas a limitaciones.

OBS

En los proyectos agrícolas se utiliza ocasionalmente para optimizar las secuencias de cultivos, con objeto de maximizar el ingreso. En la práctica, exige una computadora.

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