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Argument - Arable Land Intervention Possibilities
Arguments - Intervention Possibilities Arable Land In principle, much can be done to prevent loss of arable land in China. Modern technology and advanced soil management ... if the land were owned by the farmers. For instance, farmers would be more motivated to prevent salinization of irrigated cropland through adequate leaching. Related Arguments Arable Land: Trends ...
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Argument - Arable Land Intervention Costs
What others say heilig@iiasa.ac.at Arguments - Intervention Costs Arable Land It is difficult to predict the effectiveness of land conservation programs. However, we can be certain that in ... resistance on the part of the affected local population is noticeable. Related Arguments Arable Land: Trends Impact Data Quality Prediction Error Intervention Possibilities Intervention Costs Heilig, G.K. (1999 ...
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The World as an Apple: How Much Arable Land is Available on Earth.
The World as an Apple: How Much Arable Land is Available on Earth.
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Hytönen, Jyrki & Jylhä, Paula. 2008. Fifteen-year response of weed control intensity and seedling type on Norway spruce survival and growth on arable land
Norway spruce survival and growth on arable land Silva Fennica : quarterly issues : 42(3) : sa423355.htm Jyrki Hytönen & Paula Jylhä. 2008. ... Karst.) seedlings were compared based on 15-year data from a field experiment established on arable land. Vegetation control treatments with terbuthylazine and glyphosate were carried out 1–3 times on ...
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January 23, 2003: Population Growth Leading to Land Hunger
Where there is limited arable land, fast-growing populations can shrink cropland area per person to ... massive additional demand without hefty price increases. The scarcity of arable cropland in sub-Saharan Africa helps to explain the region ... is difficult to comprehend. With most of the planet's arable land already under the plow and with additional cropland being paved ...
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Land Use Candidate SDI
Arable Land Definition: Adequate land suitable for agriculture Candidate SDI: Arable Land Per Capita (310 UN CSD) Definition: Arable land per capita (ha/capita) SDI Framework Element: Agricultural Land (1.2.2.1) Element Characteristic: Area of Agricultural Land ...
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Guidance Grassland and cultivated land - Environmental Data Compendium
The remainder of the agricultural area consists of open arable land with few trees (mostly in the marine clay areas), and an agricultural area that is ... grassland and arable land. Use of grassland The intensive land use and the landscape changes have both had significant impact on nature - in the grassland areas and in the remaining cultivated land. Round about ...
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Biodiversity & Land Cover - Environmental Protection Agency, Ireland
Land cover During the period 1990 to 2000 notable increases in land cover area include arable land (35%), urban development and artificial surfaces (31%) and forested land (23%). These increases were mainly at the expense of pasture, mixed farmland and wetlands. Learn more about land ...
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Alternative Policy Study: Alternative Policy Study: Land and Water Resources in Arab African Countries
For example, Sudan has the largest arable area in the sub-region, with 129 million acres ... cubic kilometres a year. Yet, because it only irrigates 11.9 per cent of its arable land - much less than the potential suitable area - vast areas of the Sudan are not productive ...
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Saving Species - Arable Plants Project
Britain, 60% are found in arable and other cultivated land. A combination of ... Britain's new wave of environmentally conscious farmers we can return colour to the arable landscape. The Arable Plants website Many populations of rarer species have been recorded from particular fields ...
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