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Soil degradation: a threat to developing-country food security by 2020? [PDF]
Global population in the year 2020 will be a third higher than in 1995, but demand for food and fiber will rise by an even higher proportion, as incomes grow, diets diversify, and urbanization accelerates.
Scherr, Sara J.
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Transport and Reaction Processes in Soil [PDF]
, 2010 In order to register agrochemicals in Europe it is necessary to have a detailed understanding of the processes in the environment that break down agrochemicals.
Arab, N +14 more
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Elevated CO2 and Warming Altered Grassland Microbial Communities in Soil Top-Layers. [PDF]
, 2018 As two central issues of global climate change, the continuous increase of both atmospheric CO2 concentrations and global temperature has profound effects on various terrestrial ecosystems.
Deng, Ye +10 more
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The Soil, 2018 . This study focuses on soil physical aspects of soil quality and health with the objective to define procedures with worldwide rather than only regional applicability, reflecting modern developments in soil physical and agronomic research and addressing
A. Bonfante, F. Terribile, J. Bouma
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ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2018 In vineyards, especially on steep slopes like the Ruwer-Mosel Valley, Germany, soil erosion is a well-known environmental problem. Unfortunately, some enterprises and farmers are not aware of how much soil is being lost and the long-term negative impacts
Alexander Remke +4 more
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The consequences of soil degradation in China: a review
GeoScape, 2018 More than 40% of China’s arable land is degraded. This paper reviews the direct and indirect consequences of soil degradation in China. Soil degradation has observable and measurable impacts, which include soil nutrient loss, salinization, acidification,
C. O. Delang
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MAPPING OF SOIL DEGRADATION POTENCY IN PADDY FIELD WONOGIRI, INDONESIA
Sains Tanah: Journal of Soil Science and Agroclimatology, 2016 Sustainability of paddy field becomes the main concern as the media of biomass production, thus it is needed a datum and information about land characteristics to find out its degradation.
Mujiyo +3 more
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A New Digital Georeferenced Database of Soil Degradation in Russia [PDF]
, 1997 Information on human-induced soil degradation in Russia has now been compiled in a new georeferenced database. It comprises the latast data on the status of soil degradation in Russia, including soil deterioration in non-agricultural regions.
Fischer, G., Stolbovoi, V.
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Earth's Future, 2018 Even if global warming is kept below +2°C, European agriculture will be significantly impacted. Soil degradation may amplify these impacts substantially and thus hamper crop production further. We quantify biophysical consequences and bracket uncertainty
J. Balkovič +7 more
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The application of ERTS imagery to the FAO/Unesco soil map of the world [PDF]
The author has identified the following significant results. It was concluded that direct identification and mapping of the various soil degradation forms and intensities from the color composite imager was generally difficult, if not impossible.
Dudal, R. J., Pecrot, A. J.
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