Sentence examples for input farming from inspiring English sources

It also plays a vital role in many low input farming systems [ 3].

The soil constraints related to soil texture and soil structure are particularly affecting low and intermediate input farming LUTs, while the constraints related to irregular soil depth and stony and rocky soil conditions are foremost affecting mechanized land preparation and harvesting operations, of high-level input mechanized farming LUTs.

The results show how the initial innovation coalition built around low external input farming became fragmented.

This, together with high input farming practices, has had a deleterious effect on the quality of the rural landscape as a wildlife habitat.

European pastoralists who raise traditional livestock breeds grazing on pastures, and use low levels of inputs, in territories which cannot easily be used for arable farming, are rewarded for income foregone in not converting to more intensive high input farming.

This trend is compounded on the one hand by the increased frequency of climate extremes and on the other hand by economic pressures on farmers through high input farming and unsustainable farming practices which further damage mountain slopes (FAO 2002).

Land desertification and land degradation affect the quality of land, the major capital input in farming.

We need maximally mixed (polycultural) low-input farming – very intricate and therefore very skills-intensive.

We compared the effects of different low-input farming systems on carabids and spiders.

Mixed, low-input farming is complex and must be skills-intensive; there is little advantage in scale-up so the default farm size is small to medium.

Dennis, P. et al. Biodiversity in Organic and Low-Input Farming Systems: Handbook for Recording Key Indicators Alterra Report 2308 20122308 2012