Remote agricultural lands, which include wildlife habitat, angling opportunities and scenic vistas, command higher prices per hectare in Wyoming than those whose landscape is dominated by agricultural production. Geographic information systems (GIS) data are used to measure recreational and scenic amenities associated with rural land. A hedonic price model is specified with GIS measures. It is ...

Agricultural soil erosion has negative effects on surface water quality and aquatic ecosystems. A major impediment to agricultural management in Finland been the lack of high-resolution country-scale data spatial distribution erosion. As a result, mitigation measures have targeted with limited information. Therefore, we evaluated performance widely used RUSLE model against measurements from exp...

Soil erosion is one of the most severe forms land degradation, which has a wide range adverse on-site and off-site impacts in highlands Ethiopia general study area particular. The objective this was to estimate soil erosion, identify prioritize hotspot microwatersheds Antsokia-Gemiza district. Revised Universal Loss Equation (RUSLE) used potential annual loss. Geographic Information System (GIS...

Most agricultural crops cultivated in Brazil are highly nutrient demanding. Brazilian soils are generally acidic with low base saturation and available nutrients. Demand for fertilizer application has increased because the national agricultural sector expansion. To improve productivity without environmental impact, there is the need for the utilization of novel procedures and techniques to opti...

With the rapid progress of information technology more and more people utilize high technology to boost the fast development of the national economy. Since the project of agricultural science and technology to farmer was put into practice by Ministry of Agriculture in 2005, 212 representative counties have been set, 200,000 typical households have been added, and 4 million peasants have enhance...