Utilization of the rain-use efficiency factor for determining potential cattle production in the Mendoza plain, Argentina

Economic feasibility of cactus plantations for forage and fodder production in the Mendoza plains (Argentina)

“…The biogeographic features of the Mendoza plains (mean annual rainfall ranges from 200 to 400 mm) have recently been reviewed (Guevara et al, 1996a.…”

“…In addition, traditional grazing is also not possible after year 5 if the CAC system is adopted (De Montgolfier-Koue`vi & Le HoueH rou, 1980). The range forage production (herbaceous and woody vegetation) (Guevara et al, 1996a, metabolizable energy (ME) and crude protein (CP) (Guevara et al, 1992;Van den Bosch et al, 1997) forgone by livestock during establishment of the cactus plantation are shown in Table 2. (9) Cactus and range forage monetary values: Two approaches were used to assign monetary values to the cactus feed and the range forage forgone by livestock.…”

“…In previous studies (Guevara et al, 1996a, we estimated the carrying capacity of the Mendoza plains based on the rain-use efficiency (RUE) factor and on the dependable annual rains, i.e. having an 80% probability of occurrence.…”

Impacts of grazing and rainfall variability on the dynamics of a Sahelian rangeland revisited ()—new insights from old data

“…grazing systems is an accepted and frequently used method in arid land research (e.g. Guevara et al, 1996;Prince et al, 1998;Diouf and Lambin, 2001), although it is not as unifying as it was intended to be (Le Houerou, 1984). This maybe partially due to the fact, that the reference measure of production is often not stated explicitly.…”

Ethnobotanical study of the rural population in the limits of the Pampa plain (Argentina)

“…In Argentina, the studies made into this topic aim to describe the environment and the living organisms that compose it (Anderson et al 1970, Boelcke 1957, Cano 1988, as well as the management guidelines that should be followed for sustainable development of the land (Golluscio et al 1998, Grünwaldt et al 1992, Guevara et al 1996. thropology.…”