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World Service,21 Dec 1998,13 mins

Timber and Meat: two Crops from one Field

The Farming World

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Different grazing management systems. In Britain, planting cheery, ash and poplar in fields. In the Falkland Islands, picking the right trees to withstand Antarctic blasts and finding the right grass-legume partnership. On the dry rangelands of the Syrian steppes, native species of grass are being introduced to help combat overgrazing.

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