Pasture characteristics perceived by farmers of Western Australia in relation to adoption of annual pasture legumes

Salam, Kawsar; Murray-Prior, Roy; Bowran, D.; Salam, Moin

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Authors

Salam, Kawsar

Murray-Prior, Roy

Bowran, D.

Salam, Moin

Date

2008

Type

Conference Paper

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Citation

Salam, Kawsar P. and Murray-Prior, Roy and Bowran, David and Salam, Moin U. 2008. Pasture characteristics perceived by farmers of Western Australia in relation to adoption of annual pasture legumes, in Unkovich, M. (ed), Proceedings of the 14th Australian Agronomy Conference: Global Issues Paddock Action, Sep 21-25 2008. Adelaide, SA: Australian Society of Agronomy.

Source Title

Proceedings of the 14th Australian Agronomy Conference

Source Conference

Global Issues Paddock Action

Additional URLs

http://www.regional.org.au/au/asa/2008/concurrent/managing-pastures/5680_salamkp.htm

Faculty

School of Agriculture and Environment

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Department of Agribusiness and Wine Science

School

Department of Agribusiness

Remarks

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42108

Collection

Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

A number of annual pasture legumes have been released in Western Australia since 1990 with the aim of a successful fit into the existing farming systems. However, the success of adoption of these species/cultivars has not been encouraging. This study used a survey of farmers to characterise the desired attributes of annual pasture legumes. Altogether farmers mentioned 47 attributes in relation to a ‘dream’ annual pasture legume. These attributes were analysed using a systems approach and a framework to evaluate annual pasture legumes in Western Australia (APL-Characteristics-Framework for WA) was developed. This framework consists of six sub-systems: establishment and growth, abiotic stress, insect tolerance, feed quality and supply, weed control, and economics. The components and sub-components for each sub-system were also identified. A further analysis showed interactions of the sub-systems of the APL-Characteristics-Framework. Findings of this study can help understand how, if any, pasture characteristics relate to adoption of annual pasture legumes in Western Australia.