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16:42 Jun 2, 2018 |
French to English translations [PRO] Agriculture / Social & cultural anthrop | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Claire Nolan Local time: 12:38 | ||||||
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3 +1 | line planting |
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3 +1 | in rows |
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3 | Track/trail/path |
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Track/trail/path Explanation: This is the only thing I could find which made sense so planting acacia along the path/track/trail Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/fren/layon |
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line planting Explanation: See Termium: http://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?la... Subject field(s) Planting Techniques (Farming) Silviculture line planting CORRECT corridor planting CORRECT DEF Setting a line of trees in narrow lanes ("corridors") cut through undergrowth at more or less regular intervals (sometimes at their final crop spacing), as typically in wet-tropical forest types. Also, see: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/4652/1/N004652CP.pdf Page 8 -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 33 mins (2018-06-02 17:15:51 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Also: The best known enrichment system is no doubt line planting, the so-called "enrichissement par layons" which has been propagated in French-speaking Africa for 50 years, especially by AUBREVILLE (1937). The original method was later modified by Catinot and a number of variation is now found in many parts of the tropics. (Lamprecht 1989). http://www.forestdepartment.gov.mm/sites/default/files/Resea... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 35 mins (2018-06-02 17:17:53 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Catinot's paper: http://bft.cirad.fr/cd/BFT_103_3-16.pdf (see page 10) |
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in rows Explanation: Trees are planted in parallel rows along the contour to prevent soil erosion by rain and wind. Also called "contour planting". |
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