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A Holistic Analysis of Food Security Situation of Households Engaged in Land Certification and Sustainable Land Management Programs: South Wello, Ethiopia. [PDF]

Foods, 2023
Tesfaye B, Lengoiboni M, Zevenbergen J, Simane B.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The effect of deforestation rate on land tenure in Central Africa [PDF]

, 2015
The CoForTips project aims at the promotion of better management of the forest of the Congo Basin by presenting to the policy makers plausible scenarios of social and ecological systems evolution.
Codina Llavina, Elisabet, Feintrenie, Laurène, Gillet, Pauline, Lehnebach, Charlotte, Vermeulen, Cédric   +4 more
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Do Tax Incentives for Farmland Leases Increase Farm Supply? Evidence From Iowa's Beginning Farmer Tax Credit

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent decades, agriculture has become increasingly concentrated through horizontal mergers and acquisitions via corporate entities, and policy makers are concerned this will be exacerbated by the aging population of farm operators. To reduce market concentration in agriculture, many states have enacted policies to entice new prospective ...
Justin M. Ross, Wesley M. Zebrowski, Julia C. D. Valliant   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geochemical Study of Soil Trapped in Rock Cracks and Role of Plants on Soil Stability at the Peripheral Slopes of Borobudur, Central Java

Applied and Environmental Soil Science
Borobudur Temple is one of the world’s Seven Wonders, and the Borobudur periphery must be preserved because the location serves as a buffer zone supporting tourism.
Anisya Turrodiyah, Amadeo Benvenuto Santosa, Atina Salsabila Hilal, Ayu Wulandari, Djoko Triyono, Subejo Subejo, Jaka Widada, Junun Sartohadi   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prioritization of Ecological Conservation and Restoration Areas through Ecological Networks: A Case Study of Nanchang City, China

Land
Rapid urbanization has led to ecosystem fragmentation, conversion, and degradation, posing great threats to natural habitat and biodiversity. The utilization of ecological networks has gained importance in ecological restoration planning to mitigate the ...
Binbin Ma, Chen Zeng, Tianyu Lv, Wenping Liu, Wenyi Yang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Runoff, sediment, organic carbon, and nutrient loads from a Canadian prairie micro-watershed under climate variability and land management practices. [PDF]

Environ Monit Assess, 2023
Liu Y, Van Nieuwenhuizen N, Elliott J, Shrestha RR, Yerubandi R.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Managing contaminated sites [PDF]

This audit assessed how well the risks associated with contaminated sites in New South Wales are being managed. Executive summary Effective management of contaminated land makes an important contribution to the government’s goal to ‘Protect our natural

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Monitoring Payments for Watershed Services Schemes in Developing Countries [PDF]

, 2013
Payments for watershed services (PWS) are schemes that use funds from water users (including governments) as an incentive for landholders to improve their land management practices.
Bruce Aylward, Ina Porras, Jeff Dengel
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Coping With Production Risk: Effects of Sown Plant Diversity on the Attractiveness of Crop Insurance in Grasslands

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Increased frequency of extreme weather events, particularly droughts, threatens grassland farming by destabilizing yields and farms' economic viability. We examine, theoretically and through numerical simulations, how sown plant diversity (natural insurance) influences the attractiveness of indemnity and drought index insurance (formal ...
Nicolas Alou, Sergei Schaub, Martin Quaas, Robert Finger   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainability challenges in the multi-tier crop agri-food sector: a systematic review

Agricultural and Food Economics
This systematic review identifies the potential sustainability challenges lower-tier suppliers and buying firms face in multi-tier crop agri-food supply chains.
Muhammad Khan, Dimitrios Papadas, Lydia Arnold, Karl Behrendt   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source