10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HILL FARMING»
Discover the use of
hill farming in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
hill farming and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Comparative
Farming Systems
Characteristics of the Himalayan Hill Farming System One of the most important
characteristics of Himalayan hill farming in Nepal is their subsistence component.
Diverse crop enterprises provide fuller employment throughout the year with ...
Billie Lee Turner, Stephen B. Brush, 1987
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Farming in the uplands: third report of session 2010-11, ...
He was extremely worried to find that, in his view and I think we all share this
view, there was no comparable research and development going on into
advancing hill farming, compared with what there had been in lowland farming.
One aspect ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, 2011
3
Documents: working papers, 2002 ordinary session (fourth ...
The objectives of IYM are, first and foremost, increasing knowledge and
awareness of the problems of mountain areas, but also promoting sustainable
development of the resources of mountain regions, including hill farming,
fostering a ...
Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly, 2003
4
Sustainable Rural Systems: Sustainable Agriculture and Rural ...
Conclusion Whilst the CHSI has gone someway to exploring and addressing the
twin issues of continuation of the hill farming industry and the maintenance of the
upland landscape desired by the public, it has uncovered a more fundamental ...
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
... D.C.) USE Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.) Hill agriculture USE Hill farming Hill
arches (Sculpture) USE Moore, Henry, 1898Hill climbing, Probabilistic USE
Simulated annealing (Mathematics) Hill Country (T ex.) USE Texas Hill Country (
Tex.) ...
Hill farming is found in hilly areas where it is cold, wet and soils are thin. Sheep
are kept. Arable farming is found in flatter drier areas where the soil is more fertile
. Crops are grown. Dairy farming is found in wet, lowland areas. Cattle are kept ...
David Waugh, John Sander, Andrew Pierce, 1998
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New Patterns: Process and Change in Human Geography
Hill farming remains important for two basic reasons: it is still considered the most
valuable way of using the upland margins of Britain, providing not only a vital
income to isolated rural settlements but also helping to maintain the social
viability ...
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Texts adopted at the fourth part of the 2002 ordinary ...
Recommendation 1575 (2002)1 Introduction of a quality label for food products
derived from hill farming 1 . The Parliamentary Assembly is aware of the need to
promote the sustainable development of mountain regions on account of the ...
Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly, 2003
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Changing Fortunes: Biodiversity and Peasant Livelihood in ...
The Quechua cultivators expressed the inescapable centrality of the wachu beds
in their Hill farming via a verb, wachuy, that doubled in meaning as to plow and to
grow. In fact, no less than ten terms based on the root word wachu filled the ...
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
... USE Nui Vu Hill, Battle of, Vietnam, 1966 Hill agriculture USE Hill farming Hill
animals USE Mountain animals Hill climbing, Probabilistic USE Simulated
annealing (Mathematics) Hill conservation USE Upland conservation Hill Country
(Tex.) ...
Library of Congress, 2006
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HILL FARMING»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
hill farming is used in the context of the following news items.
Find out more about hill farming at special event at Keswick next week
MEMBERS of the public can find out more about hill farming in the Lake District during the Farmer Network's Fell Gather roadshow at Crow Park, Keswick. «The Westmorland Gazette, Jul 15»
Farmers call on supermarkets to back them as Great Yorkshire Show …
“This is especially worrying for our hill farming sector where incomes are heavily dependent on the lamb trade.” Mr Findlay said they were getting £20 less for ... «Darlington and Stockton Times, Jul 15»
Region's rural economy worth more than £17bn a year - Yorkshire …
Robin Milton, the NFU's national uplands specialist, raised “serious concerns” over the sustainability of hill farming in the region, as the ... «Yorkshire Post, Jul 15»
MP pledges support for Craven's hill farmers
Mr Smith said: "Hill farming in Skipton and Ripon contributes so much to the agricultural sector and I will continue to represent strongly the very specific needs of ... «Craven Herald, Jul 15»
Bid to raise profile of local lamb
“This is especially worrying for our hill farming sector where incomes are heavily dependent on the lamb trade.” The model sheep will feature ... «Yorkshire Post, Jul 15»
Sheep sums don't add up
By comparison, the figures suggest that if hill farming continued on the same area of land, a loss of £930,000 would be expected before subsidy ... «The Scottish Farmer, Jul 15»
Kilnsey Show Countdown Begins
Moreover, Kilnsey Show shines the spotlight on hill farming and the skills of its regional agricultural communities, tracing the bounty they ... «Stackyard, Jul 15»
Agriculture
At Aquarius Farms, he practices hill farming, which uses steeply slanted raised garden beds to get the most of small plots of land. One of West's ... «Missoula Independent, Jun 15»
Thomas takes the lead inMid-Antrim
Being a member of the Hill Farming committee, Thomas is concerned about commodity prices for all farmers and will be bringing these forward ... «Farming Life, Jun 15»
Harvesting hill streams of Wales for hydropower
But they represent a step towards a low carbon economy as well as securing long-term income in areas where subsistence hill farming is the ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
