Innovations in Dryland Agriculture
209 Wiese MV (1987) Compendium of wheat diseases. APS Press, St. Paul Xiao JZ, Tsuge T, Doke N (1992) Further evaluation of the ...
© Springer International Publishing AG 2016 211 M. Farooq, K.H.M. Siddique (eds.), Innovations in Dryland Agriculture, DOI 10.10 ...
212 improve carbon capture by plants and soil (Garnett 2009 ). Finally, crop and live- stock systems complement each other (Herr ...
213 Table 1 A framework for assessing the impact of management interventions on estimated risk levels Source of risk Management ...
214 2 Risk Associated in Livestock Production in Drylands Producing livestock in drylands has been described as “living off unce ...
215 The uncertainties can arise from the natural environment, the type of livestock produced and the socio-economic context. The ...
216 2.2 Risk from Maladapted Livestock In addition to the unpredictability of the environment, the genetics of an animal can inf ...
217 economic burden when the available pasture does not provide enough feed of the right quality (Provenza 2008 ). A better opti ...
218 innovation, and aversion to risk. All of these factors can affect the cost of production and the resilience of the productio ...
219 not be valued in isolation but on the basis of its impact to the profitability, productiv- ity or risk management within the ...
220 With the consumption of dry feeds or senesced forages in dryland systems, a greater proportion of water requirements must be ...
221 ity of cattle production in Northern Australia (Pahl et al. 2016 ). The authors suggest that, in this particular landscape, ...
222 reproductive process need to coincide with periods of maximum feed quality and quantity. However, even with the best of such ...
223 (e) Consider how many species are required for a managed system Identifying the required number of species is not straightfo ...
224 if herbaceous species are offered simultaneously (Hopkins and Nicholson 1999 ; Fancote et al. 2009 ). The perennial nature o ...
225 and 3 ). This is because, when ruminants are offered a diversity of plants, they increase their daily intake and their produ ...
226 Live weight kg hd -1 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 Fig. 4 Live weight change of sheep grazing two shrub-based forage systems during a ...
227 The potential contribution of plant secondary compounds to the control of intes- tinal parasites, thus reducing our reliance ...
228 increases to generate heat associated with digestion and metabolism (the heat incre- ment of eating) and, at high temperatur ...
229 Overall, including shrubs in a dryland environment, in either extensive or semi- intensive production systems, will reduce s ...
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