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Krommelboog Farm Hypothesis
Esmeralda Roon – Grade 11 3rd July 2017

LIFE SCIENCE INVESTIGATIVE RESEARCH PROJECT

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CAN COMMERCIAL STOCK FARMING IN THE KAROO BE PERFORMED IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE WAY INCORPORATING THE REHABILITATION OF DEGRADED FARMLAND?

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Description Page

Contents 2

Abstract 3

Experiment 1 : Krommelboog Farm
(soil quality when using Holistic Management) 4
• Aim 4
• Hypothesis 4
• Method 4
• Results 4/5

Conclusion 5

Experiment 2 : Krommelboog Farm
(water movement) 6
• Aim 6
• Water Table 6
• Conclusion 6

The process of herding and shepherding on Krommelboog Farm 7
• Aim 7
• The process of herding 7

Time Experiment 8
• Conclusion 8

Discussion 9

References 9

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Due to the excessive rising …show more content…
The cattle need to mimic nature by trampling heavily on the grass, when the grass is trampled it is covered in dung, urine, litter and mulch and that soil then holds and absorbs rain to store carbon and break down methane. Plants can then grow without using fire. By making use of Holistic Management and planned grazing this addresses all of natures complexities and our social environmental economical complexity. Using livestock to mimic nature will heal lands. Degraded Farmlands in the Karoo can rehabilitate degraded farmlands (desertification) by using the correct land management procedures (hoof effect), Holistic Plant grazing, use of Biomimicry* which allows the land to heal itself. There is hope for our planet, our children and
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