This paper presents some results from a survey carried out in 2004 among 223 olive tree
farmers from mountainous areas in the Spanish Southern provinces of Granada and Jaen …

Soil and water losses are major environmental problems throughout the world. Many soil
and water conservation techniques have been developed to protect food production and …

Gum arabic production in Sudan has developed over the years in a well-established
traditional bush-fallow system in which the gum tree (Acacia senegal) is rotated with annual …

This paper presents results from a survey carried out in 2005 among 147 olive tree farmers
from the Alto Genil River Basin in Southern Spain regarding the adoption of soil …

Silicon technology scaling is continuously enabling denser integration capabilities.
However, this comes at the expense of higher variability and susceptibility to wear-out. With …

This paper examines the willingness of farmers to participate in hypothetical programs that
would pay them to adopt cropping practices that enhance provision of ecosystem services …

Scattered trees dominate smallholder agricultural landscapes in Ethiopia, as in large parts of
sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). While the integration of scattered trees with crops could provide a …

In this chapter we give an overview of a number of approaches used in the biophysical
sciences to quantifY the relationship between agricultural production and soil degradation …

Rice production considered as the base of agricultural economy in Gilan province. In this
province, more than 180 thousand rice farmers utilize more than 200 thousand hectares of …