Extensive production
Agricultural
production system on large land surfaces, with low investments, a small
cattle density per hectare, and a low production yield.
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L
Livestock
A
group of domesticated animals, male or female, of all ages, who are
brought up and fed together under the responsibility of a breeder.
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G
Grazing lands
Spatial representation
of the lands grazed by livestock. : Stricto sensu it means the general
habits and acquired knowledge on range land wide territories where herds
of cattle range short or long distances, regularly or not, with or without
shepherds. - Range science i.e.technics and practices in range land cattle
grazing.
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R
Range land cattle move usage
The way herds
are moved from one grazing land to another according to old usage
(habits) and sometimes using wire fences. This planification is defined
for one or several years and takes into account the type of plant
growth environment, the type of animals and the objectives of the
stock breeder. Therefore the type of grazing land cattle breeding
can be defined as "continuous", "differed", "by rotations", …
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S
Support
Every kind
of agricultural policy is developed within a frame of bans (prohibitions)
but also of financial supports and different kinds of advise, technical
advice, cooperative organization…).
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T
Traditional society for cattle grazing
Such societies belong
usually to one ethnic group, owning the right on a grazing land territory,
respectful of the environment, of habits and usage immersed in ancient
practices but still able to change or adapt.
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Wild plant environment
Spontaneous plant
growth i.e. neither planted or sown by man hand, integrated into the
environmental ecosystem, often used in wild plant gathering or cattle
grazing, more or less intensively and therefore at different stages
of evolution. A Potential plant growth is defined as a spontaneous wild
plant sustainable community able to resist human pressure when the latter
has disappeared for several decades. A primary plant growth is defined
as a spontaneous wild plant community never affected by human pressure.
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