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17:55 Mar 11, 2011
English to Dutch translations [PRO] Science - Agriculture Additional field(s): Forestry / Wood / Timber
English term or phrase:contour farming
Definition from NMSU Glossary: (crop science) Field operations such as plowing, planting, cultivating, and harvesting on the contour, or at right angles to the natural slope to reduce soil erosion, protect soil fertility, and use water more efficiently.
Example sentence(s):
Contour farming is performed on sloping cropland by following the natural contours when tilling and harvesting the soil, planting, and cultivating. It also includes following established grades of terraces or diversions. Natural Resources Conservation Service
An early use of contour farming where crop rows match the natural lay of the land. This Iowa farmer is plowing with equipment pulled by horses. IOWA pathways
Contour farming is most effective on slopes between 2 and 10 percent. NRCS, CA
Definition: Grondbewerken en telen op een helling, langs hoogtelijnen, om zodoende erosie, waterverlies en watervervuiling te verminderen.
_"The performing of cultivations along lines connecting points of equal elevation, so reducing the loss of top soil by erosion, increasing the capacity of the soil to retain water and reducing the pollution of water by soil."_
De Dikke van Dale geeft voor "contour ploughing" en "contour farming": "contourbouw".
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contourbouw
Definition from European Environment Agency glossary: Grondbewerken en telen op een helling, langs hoogtelijnen, om zodoende erosie, waterverlies en watervervuiling te verminderen.
_"The performing of cultivations along lines connecting points of equal elevation, so reducing the loss of top soil by erosion, increasing the capacity of the soil to retain water and reducing the pollution of water by soil."_
Example sentence(s):
"De belangrijkste zijn combinatieteelt, woelen en contourbouw (planten langs de hoogtelijnen);
deze worden hieronder besproken." - European Commission
Explanation: alternatieve termen, afhankelijk van context: contourploegen, contourteelt, terrassering
Frank van Thienen Canada Local time: 12:07 Native speaker of: English, Dutch PRO pts in category: 8
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