Soil conservation in the 21st century: why we need smart agricultural intensification

Soil erosion severely threatens the soil resource and the sustainability of agriculture. After decades of research, this problem still persists, despite the fact that adequate technical solutions now exist for most situations. This begs the question as to why soil conservation is not more rapidly an...

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Main Authors: G. Govers, R. Merckx, B. van Wesemael, K. Van Oost
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-03-01
Series:SOIL
Online Access:http://www.soil-journal.net/3/45/2017/soil-3-45-2017.pdf