Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

campo natural

English translation:

natural pasture

Added to glossary by Candace Holt Ryan
Sep 23, 2015 23:21
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Spanish term

campo natural

Spanish to English Other Agriculture
This is from an article on Climate-smart Agriculture. Here's some context: ...los productores XXX utilizan numerosas prácticas, incluyendo siembra directa en cultivos agrícolas y forrajeros, utilización del CAMPO NATURAL como recurso primario de producción de carne, y cosecha de agua de lluvia para ganadería.

And again: La tierra se destina a cultivos anuales, pasturas, pastizales nativos (comúnmente llamados 'CAMPO NATURALl') y bosque/forestación, con la siguiente distribución por subsectores...

And finally: ...la conservación y el aprovechamiento del CAMPO NATURAL (incluyendo subdivisiones, reservas de forraje, e introducción de leguminosas nativas, beneficiando a más de 1700 productores familiares...

I can't figure out how to translate in this context: land, field, pasture????

Gracias de antemano por su ayuda.

Proposed translations

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natural pasture

I would say

or: grazing land

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encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/pasture
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A distinction is made between natural and manmade pastures. The vegetation of natural pastures consists of wild perennial herbs, lichens (tundra), subshrubs, ...

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cnp.nonuniv.ox.ac.uk/.../Performance_and_manage...
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de S Tserendash - ‎Citado por 18 - ‎Artículos relacionados
“Performance and management of natural pasture in Mongolia”. S. Tserendash and B. Erdenebaatar. Nomadic Peoples, Number 33, 1993. The Commission on ...

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https://www.ilri.org/InfoServ/.../X5536E16.HTM
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de ML Kusekwa - ‎Citado por 5 - ‎Artículos relacionados
Abstract. Natural pastures are the cheapest and main source of feed for the ruminant livestock population in Tanzania. These pastures occupy about 60 million ...

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I am involved in cattle in Argentina and you have a couple of options: natural grazing or feedlots (which I am against despite the economic benefit)
Peer comment(s):

agree Carolina Thibaud
14 mins
thanks Carolina
agree Jennifer Levey
1 hr
thanks Robin
agree Wendy Streitparth : This could be used for the first two examples.
8 hrs
agree Neil Ashby
9 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Gracias a todos por su ayuda y sus comentarios."
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natural grasslands

........ natural grasslands (including .... native legumes, benefiting more than 1,700 family farmers).

Grassland of the world
www.fao.org/docrep/008/y8344e/y8344e0c.htm
Native herbaceous legumes are represented by many genera - Trifolium, Adesmia, ... such as grazing methods, fertilization, or the introduction of exotics or legumes. ..... The natural grasslands of Southern Brazil include native forests and ..... on natural grassland were extended to consider different fodder offers and N ...
Uruguay 4
www.fao.org/ag/AGp/agpc/doc/Counprof/uruguay/uruguay4.htm
The poor growth of natural pasture in winter, its medium to low quality, and deficiencies in ... Legume introduction with phosphorus fertilization prevents campos degradation ... increase, less than 15 percent, due to the low frequency of native legumes. .... The most recent studies include diverse species of Trifolium, Lotus, ...
Peer comment(s):

agree neilmac : Not just pasture as it also mentions crops... which is why I prefer this option.
7 hrs
Thank you Neil. Saludos.
agree Wendy Streitparth : This is more applicable in the third instance.
8 hrs
Thank you so much Wendy.
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natural farmland

Perhaps more general.
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