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Major Uses of Land in The United States, 2002
Lubowski, Ruben N.; Vesterby, Marlow; Bucholtz, Shawn; … - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2006
); grassland pasture and range land, 587 million acres (25.9 percent); cropland, 442 million acres (19.5 percent); special uses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005327582
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Soil Erosion Threatens Food Production
Pimentel, David; Burgess, Michael - In: Agriculture 3 (2013) 3, pp. 443-463
Since humans worldwide obtain more than 99.7% of their food (calories) from the land and less than 0.3% from the oceans and aquatic ecosystems, preserving cropland and maintaining soil fertility should be of the highest importance to human welfare. Soil erosion is one of the most serious threats...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010685228
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Different rangeland management systems to reduce livestock feeding costs in arid and semi-arid areas in Jordan
Al-Karablieh, Emad K.; Jabarin, Amer S. - In: Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture 49
demanding it to produce feed, and consequently it leads to a significant rangeland degradation and desertification. The … objective of this research is to evaluate different institutional arrangements for rangeland management in relation to the cost … under different management practices. There are four rangeland management systems practiced in the arid and semi-arid areas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880423
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The Benefits of Management Changes in Beef Enterprises on Pastoral Stations in Western Australia.
Tozer, Peter R. - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2006
A set of simulations were run to estimate the impact on gross margins due to improvements in cattle breeding efficiency and other management factors in extensive pastoral systems in Western Australia. The output from the simulations was integrated into a statistical model of gross margin as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010914848
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Transhumant pastoralism, sustainable management of natural resources and endemic ruminant livestock in the sub-humid zone of West Africa
Ayantunde, Augustine; Asse, Rainer; Said, Mohammed; … - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 16 (2014) 5, pp. 1097-1117
moving herds from areas with pasture and water scarcity such as the Sahelian zone to areas where the forage and water are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010949751
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THE IMPACT OF KNAPWEED ON MONTANA'S ECONOMY
HIRSCH, Steven A.; LEITCH, Jay A. - 1996
million annually due to infestation of over 2 million acres of rangeland and wildland. This amounts to about $10.63 on each …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005793832
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THE IMPACT OF KNAPWEED ON MONTANA'S ECONOMY
Hirsch, Steven A.; Leitch, Jay A. - Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North … - 1996
million annually due to infestation of over 2 million acres of rangeland and wildland. This amounts to about $10.63 on each …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005806220
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Invasive Weeds, Wildfire, and Rancher Decision Making in the Great Basin
Kobayashi, Mimako; Harris, Thomas R.; Rollins, Kimberly S. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009
rangeland wildfires. Currently, high transactions costs to obtain permits to implement land treatments on federally …-arid rangeland conditions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005012692
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Reforming farmland and rangeland in Tharparkar: Suggested implementations for income generation
Herani, Gobind; Rajar, Allah Wasayo; Khaskheli, Muhammad Ali - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This paper is the analysis of farming and rangeland of rain-fed area of Tharparkar and it is desert area, but the … source of income due to shortage of rainfall. There is need of awareness of reforming of farmland and rangeland; fencing is …. Rangeland also should be conserved for the natural vegetation providing, fodder. Increase in livestock would lead Thar to agro …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621532
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Analyzing indicators for combining natural resources management and production-oriented activities
Girard, N.; Magda, D.; Astruc, J.; Couix, N.; Gross, H.; … - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 17 (2015) 1, pp. 155-172
It is recognized today that production systems can be used for natural resources management, whereas it is difficult to implement management that integrates production and natural resources conservation. This difficulty can be explained by the complexity of interactions between production...
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