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“Donde me dan las doce”
vinagre madre
Apr 15 15:04
1 mo ago
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Spanish term

Cobertura noble

FVA Spanish to English Other Agriculture Coffee farming
Context: List of items in a Global Reporting Initiative indicator.
The definition is as follows: "Cubierta densa y permanente de plantas que tengan sistemas radicales superficiales y de poca competencia con el cultivo. Las coberturas amortiguan el impacto de las gotas de lluvia sobre el suelo y forman una superficie rugosa que disminuye la velocidad del agua."
Appreciate your help.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 cover crops
4 ground cover
3 noble privet; 'unaggressive weeds'
References
De acuerdo con datos de Cenicafé, en Col...

Discussion

Thomas Walker Apr 15:
I agree with Phil - we need the actual context.
Lisa Rosengard Apr 15:
From a site with pictures there's an impression it could be overhead covers installed over allotments or parts of coffee plantations, similar to an idea of a square tent upper part attached to poles or between walls. Its purpose is to protect the plants in the earth ground from heavy rain while the ground cover prevents the earth ground for plants from getting water logged or flooded.
philgoddard Apr 15:
Are you translating the Federación de Cafeteros website, which is where your definition comes from? This already has a translation on the English page, 'noble or unaggressive weeds', which is nonsense.

Also, translating a Spanish glossary into English is often a pointless exercise because of the lack of direct equivalence between terms.

If this is not what you're translating, please could we have the actual context.

http://federaciondecafeteros.org/wp/glosario/noble-or-unaggr...
http://federaciondecafeteros.org/wp/glosario/noble-or-unaggr...

Proposed translations

+1
1 hr

cover crops

Asker hasn't posted an extract from the ST, but the term cobertura noble refers, in general terms, to the deliberate use of 'weeds' in ways that favour the yield or quality of a main crop.

'noble in the sense of 'altruistic', perhaps?

https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/cover_crops_part_1_valuable_cu...
"Cover crops are crops grown between harvest and planting of commodity or feed crops, usually not for harvest, but used instead for the production of biomass and the various agroecological benefits this additional biomass can provide. While cover crops are most often thought of as a means of preventing erosion and improving soil health, they can also be applied as an effective weed management tool. The ability of cover crops to suppress weeds is especially valuable in organic production systems where restriction of synthetic herbicide use leaves growers without any simple weed control solutions. Organic weed management can be so challenging, in fact, that organic farmers frequently cite weeds as the greatest barrier to organic production."
Note from asker:
Thank you. I'll stick with this translation.
Peer comment(s):
neutral patinba : However, your text mentions to use of cover crops to combat, control,suppress or manage weeds, so they are not the same thing.
12 mins
agree Helena Chavarria : Point 23 https://www.fao.org/3/AD219E/AD219E05.htm
35 mins
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7 hrs

noble privet; 'unaggressive weeds'

- privet hedge, 'hedge' - as in hedging your bets - coincidentally overlapping with the non-gardening term in the second presumed financial weblink.

PS there are no 'aggressive weeds' in the Inner Temple Garden in London, the over-popular precursor to the Chelsea Flower Show.
Example sentence:

Privet is a type of bush with small leaves that stay green all year round. It is often grown in gardens to form hedges. The garden was enclosed by a privet hedge.

Noble Privet · Glossy green foliage · Evergreen Hedge Plant · Attracts Birds, Easy Care · Glossy green foliage.

Reference:

http://federaciondecafeteros.org/wp/glosario/noble-or-unaggressive-weeds/?lang=en

http://www.proz.com/personal-glossaries/entry/9711932-cobertura-hedge

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12 mins

ground cover

See for example this bilingual abstract

Vista de Manejo de arvenses para cafetales de Cuba
Universidad Nacional Agraria
https://lacalera.una.edu.ni › view
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... ground cover while 15% may be controlled in the areas where they appear. ... ground cover is also presented.Key ... Para los agroecólogos una “cobertura noble” es ...

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Note added at 2 horas (2024-04-15 17:07:45 GMT)
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"noble" means that it does not interfere with the main crop and can in fact be beneficial, so "beneficial ground cover" might be a fuller answer.

Best Ground Cover Plants You Can Pick For Your Backyard

FirstCry Parenting
https://parenting.firstcry.com › articles › magazine-beauti...
Jul 27, 2021 — 4. Oregano. Oregano is a highly beneficial ground cover to have in your backyard. It is especially ideal if you don't have a pathway and may ...

Alternative Things to Grow Instead of Plain Grass

Gecko Green
https://geckogreen.com › grow-alternatives-to-plain-grass
Apr 27, 2023 — So, why not use an easy, low-care, and environmentally beneficial ground cover in place of high-upkeep grass? Ground covers spread out ...

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or alternatively ...

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Living mulch planted to retard weed growth between corn rows
In agriculture, a living mulch is a cover crop interplanted or undersown with a main crop, and intended to serve the purposes of a mulch, such as weed suppression and regulation of soil temperature. Living mulches grow for a long time with the main crops, whereas cover crops are incorporated into the soil or killed with herbicides.
Peer comment(s):
neutral philgoddard : This is a particular kind of ground cover. Your suggestion may work, but we need the context.
11 mins
I don't see why you need context when you already have a full description of the term.
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Reference comments

2 hrs
Reference:

De acuerdo con datos de Cenicafé, en Colombia se pueden encontrar alrededor de 230 variedades de arvenses, el 25 % son consideradas nobles, es decir, beneficiosas para el cultivo. Si bien antes se le daba un tratamiento de maleza y era eliminado en su mayoría por insumos químicos, en la actualidad las investigaciones han hecho que esa presencia vegetal en los cultivos sea integrada y aprovechada como parte del ecosistema del arbusto.

Se les conoce como arvenses nobles a esa capa vegetal que no compite con el arbusto del café y que, por el contrario, puede integrar y dinamizar un ecosistema provechoso para el cultivo.

https://perfectdailygrind.com/es/2023/07/12/uso-bioherbicida...

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In addition to intercropping, other techniques include planting cover and buffer crops, which provide shade cover and protection from wind, frost, and heat.

https://perfectdailygrind.com/2024/04/coffee-producers-crop-...
Peer comments on this reference comment:
agree Jennifer Levey
22 mins
Thank you, Jennifer :-)
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