Browsing Plant Production and Soil Science by Subject "Land use change"

Browsing Plant Production and Soil Science by Subject "Land use change"

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  • Large-scale agricultural investments in Eastern Africa : consequences for small-scale farmers and the environment 
    Zaehringer, Julie Gwendolin; Messerli, Peter; Giger, Markus; Kiteme, Boniface; Atumane, Ali; Da Silva, Maya Paula Ferreira Martins; Rakotoasimbola, Lovasoa; Eckert, Sandra (Taylor and Francis, 2021)
    Available empirical evidence about the impacts of large-scale agricultural investments (LAIs) in low-income countries is skewed towards the assessment of economic benefits. How LAIs affect land use and the environment ...
  • Towards ecologically sustainable crop production : a South African perspective 
    Van der Laan, Michael; Bristow, K.L. (Keith); Stirzaker, R.J. (Richard John); Annandale, C.H. (Cornelius Henry) (Elsevier, 2017-01)
    Food production comes at an ecological cost, and the lack of sustainability of South Africa’s crop production systems is becoming increasingly worrisome. While small scale emerging and homestead subsistence farming are ...