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A cultural ecological model of 'traditional' farming 

A cultural ecological model of 'traditional' farming 

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... discussion that follows looks at soil management relative to farming practices and patterns of land-use. Figure 4 models the cultural ecology of what might be termed 'traditional' farming, in other words, the type of farming that characterised agricultural production across the world for millennia until comparatively recently. Typically, traditional farming was labour intensive. ...
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... production was tailored to and constrained by local ecological conditions and thus coexisted with an associated and adapted wildlife. Figure 4 shows that there was a high level of day-to-day engagement with the processes of cultivation as practices were continually adjusted to take account of changing local conditions. (See also Dillon, Gross, Irvine, Price & Staddon, 2012 for how water meadows were once managed as locally adaptive cultural ecologies). ...

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