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- Bonanza Farms: Bonanza farms were the large farms that were usually very profitable. These farms had the need to hire additional wage labor for their farms. more
- Conservation of farm animal genetic resources: Refers to all human activities including strategies, plans, policies and actions undertaken to ensure that the diversity of farm animal genetic resources is being maintained to contribute to food...more
- Contour farming: (crop science) Field operations such as plowing, planting, cultivating, and harvesting on the contour, or at right angles to the natural slope to reduce soil erosion, protect soil fertility, and...more
- COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP: POLICIES, FARMERS AND MARKETS: To order this title, and for more information, click here Edited By G. van Huylenbroeck , Faculteit Landbouwkundige En Toegpaste Biologische Wetenschappen, Vakgroep...more
- Dryland farming: (crop science) Farming on non-irrigated land. Success is based on rainfall, moisture-conserving tillage, and drought-resistant crops. more
- ex situ conservation of farm animal genetic diversity: All conservation of farm animal genetic material in vivo, but out of the environment in which it developed, and in vitro including, inter alia, the cryoconservation of semen, oocytes, embryos,...more
- extensive farming: A method of farming that uses only a relatively small amount of labor or resources per unit of land. more
- Farm animal genetic resources (AnGR): Those animal species that are used, or may be used, for the production of food and agriculture, and the populations within each of them. These populations within each species can be classified as...more
- Farmers rights: Rights arising from the past, present and future contributions of farmers in conserving, improving and making available plant or animal genetic resources, particularly those in centres of...more
- in situ conservation of farm animal genetic diversity: All measures to maintain live animal breeding populations, including those involved in active breeding programmes in the agro-ecosystem where they either developed or are now normally found,...more
- management of farm animal genetic resources: The sum total of technical, policy, and logistical operations involved in understanding (characterization), using and developing (utilization), maintaining (conservation), accessing, and sharing...more
- Net farm income: (agricultural economics) The money and non-money income form operators realize from farming as a return for labor, investment, and management after production expenses have been paid. Net farm...more
- utilization of farm animal genetic resources: The use and development of animal genetic resources for the production of food and agriculture. The use in production systems of AnGRs that already possess high levels of adaptive fitness to the...more
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