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Conditions for Operating in Marginal Mountain Areas: The Local Farmer’s Perspective
Societies, 2023 Agriculture and local food products can have a significant impact on the economic development of rural areas. However, in environments as harsh as marginal mountain areas it may be difficult to find the right conditions to start a new production.
Stefano Duglio +2 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 Salinity has become a major issue in various parts of the world negatively impacting agricultural activities and leading to diminished crop potential and lower yields.
Ayoub El Mouttaqi +11 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 In the Sahara Desert, due to drought and salinity and poor soil fertility, very limited crop choice is available for the farmers to grow crops. Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) has shown promising under such conditions in the South of Morocco, a true ...
Ayoub El Mouttaqi +17 more
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Mountain Research and Development, 2022 This paper examines visitors' behaviors toward local food products when visiting a less favored mountain community in the Italian Alps. The aim of the study was to assess the role of local foodstuffs in fostering tourism in inner mountain areas.
Stefano Duglio +2 more
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Post-Urban Life in the Italian Alps during a Pandemic
Exchanges, 2022 In the twentieth century, depopulation in the Italian Alps was the result of the vision of a mountain world as isolated and of the persistence of stereotypes such as that of the 'poor mountain dweller'.
Maria Anna Bertolino
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Perception of Ecosystem Services from Podolian Farming System in Marginal Areas of Southern Italy
Agriculture, 2023 Ecosystem services (ESs) are gaining increasing interest among researchers, local communities, and policymakers. The farming of Podolian cattle in the remote and marginal areas of southern Italy plays an important socio-economic role. This study aimed to
E. Sabia +4 more
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Agronomy, 2023 Soil degradation is a global problem and refers to the reduction or loss of the biological and economic productive capacity of the soil resource. In Europe, the countries most affected by soil degradation are undoubtedly those of the Mediterranean basin.
Angela Racioppo +5 more
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Traditional knowledge affects soil management ability of smallholder farmers in marginal areas
Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2021 Soil fertility is key to sustainable intensification of agriculture and food security in sub-Saharan Africa. However, when soil nutrients are not adequately managed, smallholder farming practices slowly erode soils to almost inert systems.
M. Occelli +6 more
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From the Margins: Positionality in Area Studies
AUC STUDIA TERRITORIALIA, 2022 This article analyzes the positionality of the researcher in the field of area studies, taking as an example our engagement with African and Dalit studies and issues of race and caste. We present an autoethnographic essay on our own historically constituted agentive positionality by weaving together different angles of inquiry – Lithuanian area studies
Garalytė, Kristina, Simonson, Karina
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Ecotones: Marginal or central areas of transition? [PDF]
Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution, 2006 Areas of environmental transition, where ecological communities coincide, are sometimes termed ecotones. These regions often correspond with sharp environmental gradients. Ecotones occur at multiple spatial scales, ranging from transitions between biomes to local small-scale transitions.
Kark, Salit, van Rensburg, Berndt J.
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