Agriculture in riparian zones in southern Brazil: Land use conflicts and impacts on water resourcesMartini, L C PTrentini, E C
farmers can maintain soil health and fertility [105]. Additionally, practices such as reduced tillage, which minimizes soil disturbance, help prevent erosion and preserve the long-term viability of agricultural land[106]. This holistic
agriculture has undergone a modernization from traditional to contemporary. Monoculture, which is utilized in contemporary agriculture for intensive grain production system, requires a lot of land preparation, application of pesticides and fertilizers. These processes further...
, 2021). This calls for increased breeding efforts but also locally tailored measures in precision agriculture. Box 1. Arctic region in change Arctic agriculture refers to crop cultivation at high latitudes defined by the Arctic Circle. Most of the land areas above the Arctic Circle are currently...
land by 2030 Population of 30 African countries will more than double by 2050 Half the population on every continent will be living in cities by 2050 3.5 million more tractors are needed to put Africa on a par with other regions 227 million hectares of developing country land has been sold,...
However, many family farms deviate from this pattern and engage in transactions involving land and labor. The question is why some households use land and labor markets while others do not. We posit that markets may function imperfectly and discourage households from participation. We model ...
Open-field agriculture, which includes the cultivation of cereals, potatoes and sugar beet, oilseeds, vegetables, orchards, vineyards and olives, is the largest agricultural sector in the EU by land area and production [1]. Multiple studies have developed data on the energy use in open-field ...
For example, its location in relation to the city, e.g. intra-urban or peri-urban spaces (Opitz et al., 2016; Piorr et al., 2018), whether the garden is located on marketable (e.g. competing uses) or non-marketable land with little public utility has an influence on the scale ...
Land degradation is a serious threat to agriculture which is adversely affecting the soil functions and productivity, while degraded soils stretch up to 6 billion ha worldwide. The population of the world is increasing day by day and agricultural land is
Chen HX, Du ZL, Guo W, Zhang QZ (2011) Effects of biochar amendment on cropland soil bulk density, cation exchange capacity, and particulate organic matter content in the North China Plain. Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao 22:2930–2934 Chen Y, Cheng JJ, Creamer KS (2008) Inhibition of an...