GEOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON SAFE MOTHERHOOD IN THE HILL COUNTRY OF SRI LANKA: A CASE STUDY OF THE DORAGALA TEA PLANTATION IN PUSSELLAWA

2008 ◽  
Vol 44 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 371-379
Author(s):  
Ram Alagan ◽  
Seela Aladuwaka
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Safe Motherhood ◽  
Tea Plantation ◽  
Hill Country ◽  
The Hill

scholarly journals Variable and differential application of nutrients to a hill country farm

2017 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
pp. 119-123
Author(s):  
Jd Morton ◽  
A. Gillingham
Keyword(s):  
Financial Analysis ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Early Spring ◽  
Late Winter ◽  
Variable Rate ◽  
Hill Country ◽  
Uniform Rate ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Hill

Abstract Traditionally fertiliser has been aerially applied at a uniform rate to hill country, but the technology now exists to apply nutrients at a variable rate (VR) and each nutrient differentially, depending on the production potential and pasture composition of each part of the hill. A hypothetical case study of a sheep farm was modelled to show the economic benefits of VR application of phosphorus (P) and sulphur (S) and differential application of nitrogen (N), compared with application of a uniform rate of P and S. The financial analysis demonstrates that the VR strategy of less P and S to steeper slopes where there is low legume and more on easier slopes where there is more legume, costs less than the application of P and S at a uniform rate over all slopes. The cost saving could be used to apply N to steep land on both sunny and shady aspects and easy land on sunny aspects. This differential N application in late winter/early spring ensures better pasture cover for lactating ewes to improve ewe condition at weaning. When this gain in condition was maintained through to mating, lambing percentage increased in the following spring. The benefit from this increased lamb production was an increase in financial returns of $63/ha/year. A qualitative sensitivity analysis indicated that this value remains stable in response to changes in the proportion of each slope class, soil Olsen P level, the relative cost of fertiliser P and N and sheep to cattle ratio. Keywords: differential application, hill country, lamb production, nitrogen, phosphorus, aerial topdressing, variable rate

scholarly journals A Scotch-Irish Clan in Middle Georgia? The Migration and Development of a McCarty Family across Two Centuries

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-63
Author(s):  
Thomas Daniel Knight
Keyword(s):  
Appalachian Mountains ◽  
Single Family ◽  
Hill Country ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
The Hill ◽  
Migration And Development

This essay argues that characteristics of the Irish and Scottish kin-based clan systems brought to America by settlers from Ireland and Scotland in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries had lasting effects on American kinship systems. Using a case study to focus on a single family, it suggests that elements of kinship systems originating in Ireland and Scotland could be found in a central Georgia community in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This is significant because the location was far removed from areas often identified with Irish, Scottish, and Scotch-Irish settlers, such as the hill country of the lower Appalachian Mountains. It suggests that cultural folkways could persist across many generations of a family, even outside areas where they were heavily concentrated. The latter portion of the essay focuses on the role of one woman, family matriarch Rhoda Johnson, in shaping identity and transmitting culture across generations.

Pathways ahead for New Zealand hill country farming

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 ◽  
pp. 73-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
F.G. Scrimgeour
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Hill Country ◽  
The Status ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Hill Farming ◽  
The Hill

This paper provides a stocktake of the status of hill country farming in New Zealand and addresses the challenges which will determine its future state and performance. It arises out of the Hill Country Symposium, held in Rotorua, New Zealand, 12-13 April 2016. This paper surveys people, policy, business and change, farming systems for hill country, soil nutrients and the environment, plants for hill country, animals, animal feeding and productivity, and strategies for achieving sustainable outcomes in the hill country. This paper concludes by identifying approaches to: support current and future hill country farmers and service providers, to effectively and efficiently deal with change; link hill farming businesses to effective value chains and new markets to achieve sufficient and stable profitability; reward farmers for the careful management of natural resources on their farm; ensure that new technologies which improve the efficient use of input resources are developed; and strategies to achieve vibrant rural communities which strengthen hill country farming businesses and their service providers. Keywords: farming systems, hill country, people, policy, productivity, profitability, sustainability

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