Löw, Fabian; Prishchepov, Alexander V.; Waldner, François - 2018
Cropland abandonment is globally widespread and has strong repercussions for regional food security and the environment …. Statistics suggest that one of the hotspots of abandoned cropland is located in the drylands of the Aral Sea Basin (ASB), which … cropland remain unclear, which hampers land-use planning. Abandoned land is a potentially valuable resource for alternative …