Titlebook: Rainfed Farming Systems; Philip Tow,Ian Cooper,Colin Birch Book 2011 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive lice

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Interactions Between Crop and Livestock Activities in Rainfed Farming Systemsive. Over a continuum from semi-arid to humid regions, mixed farming is favoured in intermediate areas, with specialised crop and livestock businesses at the extremes. Tradition, land tenure, government policies and management complexity add further constraints and benefits to both mixed and integra

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Economic and Social Influences on the Nature, Functioning and Sustainability of Rainfed Farming Syst. Many factors will influence the goals of farm managers and how they operate their systems. Physical, technical, social and political influences both within and from outside the farm are discussed along with lifecycles, functions and fields of management.

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Soil Organic Carbon – Role in Rainfed Farming Systemswhich influence its storage and persistence. The interest in carbon storage and sequestration has focused attention on changes in soil organic carbon across different regions, climates and management systems. The major components of soil organic carbon have different physical and chemical properties

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Rainfed Farming Systems in the West Asia–North Africa (WANA) Regiontraints. Though the Mediterranean region is the site of the origin of modern agriculture, the Mediterranean climate, with its characteristic relatively cool, moist growing season followed by a hot, dry period, imposes severe limitations on agriculture. The rainfed cropping systems that have evolved

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Farming Systems, Emerging Farmers and Land Reform in the Limpopo Province of South Africaed under the land and social policies of pre-democracy governments. Post-apartheid land reform has created opportunities for the previously disadvantaged population to own and farm land. These new farmers, together with subsistence farmers attempting to commercialise, now make up a middle group term

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ce, management and an understanding of actions in the farm s.While a good grasp of the many separate aspects of agriculture is important, it is equally essential for all those involved in agriculture to understand the functioning of the farming system as a whole and how it can be best managed.? It i

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Principles and Management of Soil Biological Factors for Sustainable Rainfed Farming Systems in maximising water use efficiency. The beneficial influences of soil biota include nitrogen fixation, nutrient cycling and supply, improved soil structure, promotion of plant and root growth, and disease control or suppression. Detrimental influences include those of root pathogens and deleterious rhizobacteria.