This paper reviews the current use of self-regenerating pasture legumes in the farming systems of southern Europe. Annual legumes are mainly the base for the improvement of low quality native pastures in extensive farming systems. Traditional pasture legumes such as subterranean clovers and annual medics are the base plants of Mediterranean pastures, and are essential for pasture improvement of...

this paper discusses the study of community’s preferences for biodiversity conservation management institution which may motivate them to support conservation efforts in the okwangwo division of the cross river national park, nigeria. the empirical data was generated from personal interviews and factors influencing the respondents’ choice were examined with the aid of multinomial logit mode...

Farmland biodiversity is strongly declining in most of Western Europe, but still survives in traditional low intensity agricultural landscapes in Central and Eastern Europe. Accession to the EU however intensifies agriculture, which leads to the vanishing of traditional farming. Our aim was to describe the pollinator assemblages of the last remnants of these landscapes, thus set the baseline of...

Historically, the purpose of farm safety and health educational materials and programs has been to persuade, convince or educate farmers, members of their families, and hired employees to voluntarily engage in safe behavior during farm or nonfarm work activities (Murphy, 1992). Increasingly, authors have noted that traditional farm safety educational programs have been relatively ineffective (A...

Jola women farmers in the Casamance region of southern Senegal use their "traditional" knowledge and farming skills to shift crop repertoires and techniques so as to embark on market-gardening, thus innovating in response to new needs and perceived opportunities. The argument is relevant to present-day concerns about regional food systems and the role of women in securing an income and providin...

First processing steps of fish are species-dependent and have common practices for wild and for farmed fish. Fish farming does, however, have certain advantages over traditional fisheries in that the processor can influence postmortem biochemistry and various quality parameters. This review summarizes information about the primary processing of fish based on the influence of catching, slaughter...

Regimes of protection for biodiversity throughout the agricultural landscape are needed to support the agriculture sector in general and farmers in particular. There are many opportunities to establish protective regimes that will contribute to the agriculture sector through “protect-and-connect” policies and practices. These can also contribute to the biodiversity value of natural protected ar...

Transhumance is a traditional livestock system with the historical origin of many centuries. The seasonal migrations of flocks and people, in Greece and elsewhere, were held at predetermined paths and area-specific tactics. This paper explores the traditional transhumance routes between highlands of southwestern Macedonia, Greece and lowlands of either Macedonia or Thessaly, by adopting modern ...

Despite the major ecological and economic impacts of gene flow between domesticated plants and their wild relatives, many aspects of the process, particularly the relative roles of natural and human selection in facilitating or constraining gene flow, are still poorly understood. We developed a multidisciplinary approach, involving both biologists and social scientists, to investigate the dynam...

It is appreciated that the marked increase in the prevalence of asthma over the past few decades reflects changes in environmental exposures and living conditions associated with modern lifestyles.1 Of particular interest is the documentation of a protective effect of exposures associated with traditional farming, the influence of which has waned with increased urbanization and the advent of me...