Multi-functional pasture rejuvenation

多功能牧场复壮

• 批准号: 556610-2020
• 负责人: Fraser, LauchlanLH
• 金额: $ 2.84万
• 依托单位: Thompson Rivers University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=761279
• 关键词: Multi; functional; pasture; rejuvenation

Applied adaptation research will demonstrate cost-effective, innovative practices enabling forage producers to rejuvenate pastures to achieve production, climate adaptation and fire risk management goals. The objective is to determine if grazing practices alone, or in combination with brush clearing and seed sowing, can stimulate pasture productivity, enhance soil carbon sequestration, leading to climate adaptation and mitigation. A minimum of three farms in the Cariboo, a region in the central interior of British Columbia, will host on-site trials investigating forage seeding, mechanical brushing and prescribed grazing, alone and in combination. Site selection, baseline measures and treatment applications will be initiated in May 2021, with full implementation by autumn 2021. The trial will be monitored over two subsequent growing seasons, with annual measures of forages, soil carbon, soil moisture and fire hazard ratings carried out pre-treatment and at 2 years post-treatment. Extension activities will include field days, a project fact sheet, annual updates in the Cariboo Agricultural Research Alliance social media and the Forage Council of BC newsletter (the 'Forager'). Results will also form the basis for a Master of Science thesis, post-doctoral training and experience, and one or more peer-reviewed scientific publications.

应用适应研究将证明具有成本效益的创新实践，使草料生产者能够恢复牧场，以实现生产，气候适应和火灾风险管理目标。目的是确定单独放牧的做法，还是与刷子清除和种子播种结合使用，可以刺激牧场生产力，增强土壤碳封存，从而导致气候适应和缓解。在不列颠哥伦比亚省中部内部的一个地区，Cariboo至少有三个农场，将举办现场试验，调查草料播种，机械刷牙和处方放牧，单独和合并。现场选择，基线措施和治疗应用将在2021年5月开始，并在2021年秋天进行全面实施。该试验将在随后的两个生长季节中进行监控，并采用草料，土壤碳，土壤水分和火灾危害等级的年度措施进行预处理，并在治疗后2年进行。扩展活动将包括现场日，项目情况说明书，Cariboo农业研究联盟社交媒体的年度更新和卑诗省新闻通讯（The“ Forager”）。结果还将构成科学硕士论文，博士后培训和经验以及一份或多个经过同行评审的科学出版物的基础。