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Does this call for trees on hillsides now? To tie the ground together and deflect the continual force of the rain, the trees would have to be evergreen ones. No doubt Federated Farmers is giving a lead on this, and has workshops on it to encourage farmers in practices and science that will help them, their bottom dollar and their land and produce! I notice that the land in the images has few trees.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/country/492776/farmer-suspected-earthquake-after-massive-hillside-crack-got-blood-flowing
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/trees-crops-agroforestry-climate-biodiversity
Coffee plants evolved in the understory of Ethiopia’s highland forests; they are well-suited to shade, says Eduardo Somarriba, an agroecologist at the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center in Cartago, Costa Rica.
a verdant field with coffee plants planted in rows between trees
Rows of coffee plants are shaded by trees on this plantation in Ecuador. The trees help prevent the slopes from eroding and can be harvested to supply farmers with extra income. Morley Read/Alamy Stock Photo
A diverse canopy of native trees can help coffee plants thrive. Certain trees pump nitrogen into the soil, removing the need for intensive fertilizer application, Somarriba says. Native vegetation suppresses weed growth, stabilizes soil and temperature, improves water retention and supports pollinating animals.
Our love affair with radiata pine has been too intense and we have missedut on partnering up with other useful trees that would be have better ‘natures’.
Agroforestry
Agroforestry became popular in the 1970s. In theory, growing a tree crop on land that is also grazed by stock seems to be an efficient way to use land. In practice, agroforestry with radiata pine proved uneconomic. To make sure there is enough good-quality pasture for stock, agroforestry sites need to be moderately fertile and trees need to be widely spaced. Under these conditions radiata pine grows fast, but not tall. Its timber is of a lower density than plantation-grown radiata, and therefore is worth less.
https://teara.govt.nz/en/trees-in-the-rural-landscape/print
Grazing management of agroforests on hill country
nzgajournal.org.nz
https://www.nzgajournal.org.nz › download PDF
The successful management of livestock grazing pasture under a tree canopy requires an understanding of the interaction between the trees and pasture….
Benefits of Trees in Pasture Go Beyond Erosion Control
ourlandandwater.nz
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Whakamāoritia tēnei whārangi
https://www.jstor.org/stable/215611
Landslide Control on North Island, New Zealand – JSTOR
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The other principal method of slope stabilization on hill-country farmland is tree planting, which may be site-specific on landslides or widespread on…
1 Māe 2023 — Silvopastoral farm systems, in which trees are planted at wide spacings in pasture with livestock grazing underneath, are common overseas.
Australia may be ahead of us,. Better catch up, can’t have that! :
Whole of Paddock Rehabilitation – Greening Australia
greeningaustralia.org.au
https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au › whole-p… PDF
re-introduced under a rotational grazing system. Once the trees are big enough, stock can be returned to the paddock. There is no land lost from production.
ecological-value-paddock-trees.pdf – Enviro Data SA
environment.sa.gov.au
https://data.environment.sa.gov.au › Publications PDF
Our results indicate that paddock trees across the landscape … farming practices on tree health, coupled with a lack of recruitment.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018895939/kevin-kelly-the-thing-that-made-you-weird-as-a-kid-can-make-you-great-as-an-adult
Kevin Kelly, now 71, is “senior maverick” at the award-winning tech magazine WIRED, which he co-founded in 1993.
His new book Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I’d Known Earlier features 450 proverbs he’s gathered from a wide range of sources.Paying attention to advice can help us live better lives, Kelly says.
“The whole point of advice is that you can gain things without having to make all the mistakes yourself. You don’t have to make all the mistakes. It’s inevitable that you’re going to make mistakes. And making mistakes is a great way to learn.”
The wisest people he’s encountered borrow advice from previous generations, and over the years he’s used advice to help move towards his own dreams.
Let’s have a go trying out some relatively small and not costly things and find out whether it’s a mistake or not, not just flaccidly demur from even giving it a go. Go boldly at it, ‘We haven’t much money so we’ll have to think.’
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