Cambridge IGCSE Agriculture
8.1Extensive and intensive pasture management
Extensive and intensive pasture management in Cambridge IGCSE Agriculture: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives
What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.
- 8.1(a)Describe the vegetation of grazing lands: grasses and legumes for grazing and bush for browsing.
- 8.1(b)Describe how improved pastures are established.
- 8.1(c)Explain rotational, paddock and zero grazing, enclosed and unenclosed systems and intensive and extensive grazing.
- 8.1(d)Describe extensive management: stocking rates, carrying capacity, overstocking, bush control and the use and misuse of fire.
- 8.1(e)Explain how fencing and rotational grazing improve pasture use.
Lessons
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Grazing land vegetation and establishing improved pastures
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Grazing systems, stocking rate and veld management
45 min
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