Altered grazing systems: pastoralism to conventional agriculture

A major characteristic of pastoral systems has been their endurance through time (1). The same cannot be said about many other agricultural land-use systems. A considerable literature exists on their evolution, rooted in the location geography developed by von Thu¨ nen in the early nineteenth centur...

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Main Authors: Thornton, Philip K., Herrero, Mario, Boone, Randall B.
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge University Press 2019
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101146
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Summary:A major characteristic of pastoral systems has been their endurance through time (1). The same cannot be said about many other agricultural land-use systems. A considerable literature exists on their evolution, rooted in the location geography developed by von Thu¨ nen in the early nineteenth century, and more recently in twentieth-century ideas around population growth and agricultural intensification (2–4).