3.2 The use of cultivated pastures for intensive animal production in developing countries

1981 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 105-143
Author(s):  
I. R. Lane
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Small Proportion ◽  
Animal Production ◽  
Natural Vegetation ◽  
Pasture Production ◽  
Ecological Zones ◽  
A Site

At present, only a small proportion of livestock in developing countries are kept on cultivated pastures (Williamson and Payne, 1978).This paper is therefore more concerned with the intensification of the pasture production and the levels of animal production which may be achieved. In general, the pastures which may be cultivated in an area and the ways open for their utilization are related to the ecology of that area (Bogdan, 1977; Skerman, 1977). The factors which determine the natural vegetation to be found on a site, and the distribution of the major plant communities in developing countries, will therefore be reviewed first. Then, certain ecological zones which show promise for the intensification of pastures will be selected and, for each, some of the possible lines of development will be discussed.

scholarly journals General Development Strategies

1995 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 15-18
Author(s):  
A. Anon
Keyword(s):  
Nutrient Cycling ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
Animal Production ◽  
General Development ◽  
Pasture Production ◽  
Young Stock ◽  
Stock Feed

Having briefly described the high country in terms of its environment, potential pasture production, and suitability of particular pasture species, we need to consider development strategies for sustainable animal production. Important points are: Type of animal Provision of winter feed Land and management requirements to grow young stock Subdivision of land into its various natural units to firhi the year round stock feed requirements Efftcient use of fertilisers General strategies of pasture development using legumes, grasses and nutrient cycling.

scholarly journals Plant communities of cultivated fields of the Podlaski Przełom Bugu mesoregion part vi. communities of root crops on compact soils

2012 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 235-257
Author(s):  
Zofia Rzymowska
Keyword(s):  
Plant Communities ◽  
Small Proportion ◽  
Root Crops ◽  
Mass Occurrence ◽  
Suitable Habitats ◽  
River Valleys ◽  
Farm Buildings

Analysis of plant communities accompanying root crops on compact soils is presented in the paper. It is the next part of the review of plant communities of agrocenoses of the Podlaski Przełom Bugu (Podlasie Bug Gorge) mesoregion. The studied phytocoenoses were identified on the basis of 103 phytosociological relev&#233;s, made according to the Braun-Blanquet method. In the studied agrocenoses, plots of the associations <i>Lamio-Veronicetum politae</i>, <i>Galinsogo-Setarietum</i> and <i>Oxalido-Chenopodietum polyspermi</i> from the <i>Polygono-Chenopodion polyspermi</i> alliance were noted. Small patches of <i>Lamio-Veronicetum</i> and <i>Oxalido-Chenopodietum</i> were rarely noted in the studied area due to a small proportion of suitable habitats. In the area of Podlaski Przełom Bugu mesoregion, phytocoenoses of <i>Oxalido-Chenopodietum</i> developed in the river valleys on fertile muds and black soils. Typical plots of <i>Galinsogo-Setarietum</i> distinguishable by the mass occurrence of <i>Galinsoga parviflora</i> were only observed in the vicinity of farm buildings. Intermediate communities between <i>Panico-Setarion</i> and <i>Polygono-Chenopodion</i> polyspermi as well as phytocoenoces of <i>Echinochloo-Setarietum typicum</i> - subvariant with <i>Veronica persica</i> and <i>Echinochloo-Setarietum fumarietosum</i> - were also quite frequently noted in root crops on compact soils.

Application of Butler’s (1980) Tourist Area Life Cycle to Saly (Senegal)

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mouhamadou Bamba LY
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
The World ◽  
A Site

Richard W. Butler publishes in 1980 a model of evolution of tourist destinations known as TALC -Tourism Area Life Cycle- which stipulates that a site exploited for tourism and leisure knows 6 phases in its evolution: exploration, involvement, development, consolidation, stagnation, decline or rejuvenation. Several experiments of the model will be carried out around the world, however the tourist destinations located in the developing countries constitute a residual category of these applications. This article proposes an exploration of the TALC at the first station developed by the public authorities in West Africa, Saly located on the small coast in Senegal. For this purpose, we used a qualitative research method based on semi-directive interviews with actors at the level of the student site completed by official statistics. Our results show that Saly is in a so-called stagnation phase and that it is important to re-qualify the typology of tourist space in this city, which is experiencing a significant change in relation to its location.

scholarly journals Alexander Stuart Watt, 21 June 1892 - 2 March 1985

1990 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 403-423
Keyword(s):  
Plant Community ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Presidential Address ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Natural Vegetation ◽  
Pattern And Process ◽  
Ecological Society ◽  
The World

Alexander Stuart Watt was an ecologist who made a major contribution to the study of British vegetation. The ideas on the dynamics of plant communities in his Presidential Address to the British Ecological Society in 1947, 'Pattern and process in the plant community’ revolutionized the understanding of natural vegetation throughout the world. He was a scientist of a kind which is now uncommon; though always ready to advise those who sought his help, he rarely worked in collaboration, but made his major and lasting contribution to the understanding of vegetation entirely by his own work. He carried out extensive and meticulous field work, which was continued long after formal retirement, gave deep consideration to the data and presented his results in papers which are models of precision and clarity.

An Example of Site Classification in the Southeastern Coastal Plain Based on Vegetation and Land Type¹

1987 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. H. Van Lear ◽  
S. M. Jones
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Coastal Plain ◽  
Wildlife Habitat ◽  
Site Classification ◽  
Land Type ◽  
Forest Sites ◽  
Disturbed Forest ◽  
A Site ◽  
Hazard Rating

Abstract A site classification system based on vegetation and land type was developed for the Savannah River Plant (SRP) in the upper coastal plain of South Carolina. Different positions of the landscape support distinctive plant communities. Late successional plant communities and their immediate predecessors were identified on eight site types along a moisture gradient ranging from dry, sandy uplands to flooded bottoms. Late successional, near-stable plant communities, even in the highly disturbed forest ecosystems of the Southeast, act as integrators of environmental factors to reflectsite potential. Vegetation can supplement information on soils and topography in the delineation and classification of forest sites. Knowledge of site-vegetative relationships would be especially useful in making management decisions regarding wildlife habitat evaluation, hazard rating for insects, diseases, and fires, and estimating potential uses for recreation. Application of the system by practicing foresters is discussed. South. J. Appl. For. 11(1):23-28.

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