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The contribution of science to the improvement of hill pasture production

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

M. B. Alcock
M. B. Alcock
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Department of Agriculture, University College of North Wales, Memorial Buildings, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW
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At a recent conference on marginal land (Jenkins, Oxley and Gething, 1974) a conclusion was reached that hill land must ultimately contribute more to the growing requirements of food production. Setting aside the economic and sociological constraints, which at present are large, it is clear that increased animal production from the hills is basically a problem of providing sufficient feed. Improved pasture production is therefore a primary prerequisite for this aim.

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59th Meeting, Bangor, 16 to 19 September 1974: Report of Meeting on Meat from the Hills
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 4 , January 1975 , pp. 25 - 43
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Production 1975

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