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EFFECT OF THE 1985 FARM BILL PROVISIONS ON FARMERS' SOIL CONSERVATION DECISIONS

Conservation initiatives in the 1985 Farm Bill affected farmers' decisions regarding soil conservation. A farmer survey was conducted and a multiperiod mixed-integer programming model was developed to determine an optimal farm plan with choice of crop ...
Duffy, Patricia A., Hatch, L. Upton, Gillespie, Jeffrey M.   +2 more
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Assessment of Soil Erosion Over Six Decades in a Long‐Term Experiment Using Fallout 137Cs and RUSLE: A South American Case Study

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Soil erosion remains a major global concern affecting agricultural productivity and land sustainability. This study investigates the magnitude and variability of soil erosion in a long‐term experiment (LTE) established in 1963 in Colonia, Uruguay, aiming to compare the performance of the 137Cs tracer technique and the RUSLE model across ...
Marcos Tassano, Mirel Cabrera, Joan Gonzalez, Mario Perez‐Bidegain, Olivier Evrard, Kathrin Grahmann, J. Andrés Quincke   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Collaboration among governments, agribusinesses, and rural households for improving the effectiveness of conservation tillage technology adoption. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Miao S, Chen B, Jiang N.
europepmc   +1 more source

Impacts of Climate Change on Food Security: Land Management–Based Strategies Within a Nature‐Based Solutions Framework

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change poses serious threats to food security by affecting agricultural production processes in multiple ways. This study aims to analyze land management–based solution strategies that can be developed in response to this threat and presents a systematic and holistic framework through the relationship these strategies establish with ...
Nihal Genc, H. Ebru Colak
wiley   +1 more source

Adoption and diffusion of no tillage practices in Southern Spain olive groves

This paper analyses the process of adoption of no tillage in South-eastern Spain’s olive groves. Olive tree groves in South-eastern Spain’s mountainous areas are subject to a high risk of soil erosion, which is the main environmental problem for this ...
Calatrava-Requena, Javier, Franco, Juan Agustin   +1 more
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Conservation tillage for dryland farming in China

, 2006
Dryland regions account for above 70% of total nation's farmland in China. These dryland are vital contributors to the total national production of grains, cash crops and animal products.
Perdok, U.D., Hoogmoed, W.B., Oenema, O., Ke, J., Cai, D.X., Wang, X.B.   +5 more
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Vegetation Structure and Diversity Under Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration: A Comparison of Silvo‐Arable and Silvo‐Pastoral Systems in Kenya

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) is a low‐cost, adaptable agroforestry practice that enhances land restoration by promoting systematic integration of naturally regenerating trees within farming systems through tree selection and management.
Irene Awino Ojuok, Madelon Lohbeck, Till Stellmacher, Ermias Aynekulu, Tony Rinaudo, Christian Borgemeister   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hyperspectral inversion of heavy metal content in farmland soil under conservation tillage of black soils. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Chen Y, Shi W, Aihemaitijiang G, Zhang F, Zhang J, Zhang Y, Pan D, Li J.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A Field Guide for Soil Erosion Risk Assessment in Olive Orchards Across Mediterranean Conditions for End‐Users and Stakeholders

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Soil erosion control poses a crucial challenge to the sustainability of Mediterranean olive groves. To facilitate field‐level decision‐making, we have developed a field guide oriented to use in any type of olive orchard across the Mediterranean.
I. Domenech‐Carretero, G. Guzmán, M. A. Soriano, J. Montoliu, J. A. Gómez   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Critical assessment of furrow openers and operational parameters for optimum performance under conservation tillage. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Madhusudan BS, Kushwaha HL, Kumar A, Parray RA, Swain SS, Chowdhury M, Nag RH, Asha KR, Rathod SK, Kumar P, Anand R, Al-Ansari N, Dewidar AZ, Mattar MA.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source