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Physical Characteristics of Terraces Agricultural Soils in Al-bahah District [PDF]
مجلة القراءة والمعرفة, 2021 Little attention has been paid into agricultural terrace soil properties. For this reason the current research aimed to study the physical characteristics of such soils as an initial step in obtaining a broader understanding of their properties. This
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Use of terraces to mitigate the impacts of overland flow and erosion on a catchment
Plant, Soil and Environment, 2016 The paper presents the impact of a historical system of terraces constructed centuries ago to mitigate the effect of a steep slope on overland flow. Systems of this type were constructed in past centuries by land owners, who then ploughed the land and ...
P. Kovář +3 more
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Frontiers in Earth Science, 2023 Terraced landscapes represent one of the most widespread human-induced/man-made transformations of hilly-mountainous environments. Slope terracing produces peculiar morphologies along with unusual soil textures and stratigraphic features, which in turn ...
Matteo Fiorucci +12 more
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A Small UAV Based Multi-Temporal Image Registration for Dynamic Agricultural Terrace Monitoring
Remote Sensing, 2017 Terraces are the major land-use type of agriculture and support the main agricultural production in southeast and southwest China. However, due to smallholder farming, complex terrains, natural disasters and illegal land occupations, a light-weight and ...
Ziquan Wei +6 more
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Has “Grain for Green” threaten food security on the Loess Plateau of China?
Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, 2020 There is debating over the question of whether the large-scale ‘Grain for Green’ program on the Loess Plateau of China threatens regional food security.
Peng Shi +9 more
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Assessment of Efficiency and Adequacy of Retention Terraces
Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, 2012 Due to losses caused by water erosion, the development of techniques that increase the efficiency of soil conservation practices is fundamental. Terracing of agricultural lands is an important conservation practice.
Antônio Calazans Reis Miranda +3 more
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Managing runoff in rainfed agriculture under no-till system: potential for improving crop production
Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, 2021 Strategies to mitigate degradation and ensure food and water security are among the main challenges in agricultural development. Unconsolidated information about the positive impact of conservationist practices on productivity increase is fundamental for
Tiago Hörbe +6 more
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Conservation agriculture practices adopted in southern Brazil
International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2019 The adoption of conservation agriculture (CA) practices are essential for soil and water conservation. In CA, farmers must adopt no-tillage (NT) with crop rotation to maintain a permanent soil cover.
Tiago Santos Telles +4 more
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Rice Terrace Experience in Japan: An Ode to the Beauty of Seasonality and Nostalgia
LandRice terraces are a time-honored agricultural feature that overcomes rough terrain and hostile growing conditions. In addition to playing an essential role in agricultural production and land conservation, rice terraces have been recognized as living ...
Qian Wang +3 more
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Mapping the terraces on the Loess Plateau based on a deep learning-based model at 1.89 m resolution
Scientific Data, 2023 Terraces on the Loess Plateau play essential roles in soil conservation, as well as agricultural productivity in this region. However, due to the unavailability of high-resolution (
Yahan Lu +4 more
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