Open AccessGENERAL GRASSLAND PROBLEMS OF THE NETHERLANDS AND NEIGHOURING COUNTRIES
Author(s) -
MA Hart
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
proceedings of the new zealand grassland association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1179-4577
pISSN - 0369-3902
DOI - 10.33584/jnzg.1956.18.1053
Subject(s) - grassland , geography , agriculture , situated , agroforestry , environmental protection , archaeology , ecology , environmental science , artificial intelligence , computer science , biology
Along the coast of the North Sea from north-west France to the border of Denmark a low-lying area of 12 million acres is situated. More than 50 per cent of the land used for agriculture in this region is productive of permanent grassland. Ley farming is only of minor importance, in contrast to neighbouring countries, such as England and Denmark. In this paper some problems of grassland farming in this area will be discussed