Sustainable Poverty Reduction in Less-favoured AreasRuerd Ruben, J. Pender, Arie Kuyvenhoven CABI, 2007 - 472 pages Printbegrænsninger: Der kan printes 10 sider ad gangen og max. 40 sider pr. session |
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... Nutrient Dynamics in Integrated Crop–Livestock Systems in the Northern Ethiopian Highlands Assefa Abegaz and Herman van Keulen 6 Rural Development and Sustainable Land Use in the Hillsides of Honduras Hans G.P. Jansen, John Pender, Amy ...
... Nutrient Dynamics in Integrated Crop–Livestock Systems in the Northern Ethiopian Highlands Assefa Abegaz and Herman van Keulen 6 Rural Development and Sustainable Land Use in the Hillsides of Honduras Hans G.P. Jansen, John Pender, Amy ...
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... nutrient depletion, salinization, acidification and pollution) and physical degradation (compaction, sealing and crusting, waterlogging and loss of organic matter) were estimated to affect substantially smaller areas in all regions ...
... nutrient depletion, salinization, acidification and pollution) and physical degradation (compaction, sealing and crusting, waterlogging and loss of organic matter) were estimated to affect substantially smaller areas in all regions ...
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... nutrient and organic matter depletion, salinization and waterlogging were much greater than estimated in the global assessment, though they still concluded that soil erosion was the most widespread source of degradation. They estimated ...
... nutrient and organic matter depletion, salinization and waterlogging were much greater than estimated in the global assessment, though they still concluded that soil erosion was the most widespread source of degradation. They estimated ...
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... nutrient depletion in Africa. Stoorvogel et al. (1993) estimated average annual nutrient losses in Africa of 22 kg/ha of nitrogen (N), 2.5 kg/ha of phosphorus (P), and 15 kg/ha of potassium (K); and much higher rates of depletion in the ...
... nutrient depletion in Africa. Stoorvogel et al. (1993) estimated average annual nutrient losses in Africa of 22 kg/ha of nitrogen (N), 2.5 kg/ha of phosphorus (P), and 15 kg/ha of potassium (K); and much higher rates of depletion in the ...
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... nutrients lost annually due to soil erosion in Costa Rica, and estimated this cost to be in the range of 5–13% of agricultural GDP. For Mexico, McIntire (1994) estimated that soil erosion reduced maize production by an average of about ...
... nutrients lost annually due to soil erosion in Costa Rica, and estimated this cost to be in the range of 5–13% of agricultural GDP. For Mexico, McIntire (1994) estimated that soil erosion reduced maize production by an average of about ...
Contents
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Development Strategies for Poor People in Lessfavoured Areas | 63 |
Resource Management Options | 133 |
Livelihoods and Food Security | 203 |
Markets and Institutional Development | 271 |
Strategies and Policy Priorities | 419 |
Index | 467 |
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