Understanding effects of land-use changes driven by the implementation of the "Grain for Green" project and the corresponding changes in soil organic carbon (SOC) storage is important in evaluating the environmental benefits of this ecological restoration project. The goals of this study were to quantify the current soil organic carbon density (SOCD) in different land-use types [cultivated land...

for the financial support for the work und their generous trust. Miss Buechl provided additional administrative support and moral support during the studies in Germany. Esta obra de esfuerzo y trabajo conjunto esta dedicada a mi querida familia. SUMMARY South Mexico belongs to the Mesoamerican tropical region. The typical production systems are characterized on the one side by high diversity ho...

The area under pulse production has decreased continuously for the last 10 years in Bangladesh. With the expansion of irrigation facilities, the area allocated to production of cereal crops has increased significantly, while pulses have been pushed to marginal lands of low productivity. Additional production of pulses can be achieved by (1) increasing productivity through improved varieties, (2...

An important factor in sustainable agriculture and economic management is to calculate areas under different crops that the inputs of agriculture connect to this topic. Planning of agricultural mechanization, fertilizer and pesticide requirements, pests and diseases control, estimates of agricultural production, income and tax and financial planning, all linked to the cultivated areas and estim...

Exceedance of the US Environmental Protection Agency national ambient air quality standard for PM10 (particulate matter ≤10 μm in aerodynamic diameter) within the Columbia Plateau region of the Pacific Northwest US is largely caused by wind erosion of agricultural lands managed in a winter wheat–summer fallow rotation. Land management practices, therefore, are sought that will reduce erosion an...

Maintaining winter stubble for the conservation of steppe passerines is widely implemented under the regional agrienvironmental program in Spanish dry lands. The adequacy of such measures was assessed in terms of bird density on different soil cover types in central Spain. Highest bird densities were found in ploughed, sown and fallow plots. Stubble plots were poorly used by wintering passerine...