Semi-intensive olive orchards on sloping land: Requiring good land husbandry for future development

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 110-119

  Xiloyannis, Cristos ^a   Martinez Raya, Armando ^b   Kosmas, Constantinos ^c   Favia, Mariafara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

^c AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Economic viability; EU local policies; Semi intensive olive orchards; Soil erosion; Soil organic matter; Tillage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; EROSION; ORCHARDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS;

ECONOMIC VIABILITY; EU LOCAL POLICY; LOCAL POLICIES; OLIVE ORCHARDS; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; SEMI-INTENSIVE OLIVE ORCHARD; SLOPING LAND; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS;

TILLAGE;

CROP PRODUCTION; EUROPEAN UNION; ORCHARD; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TILLAGE;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CROP PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; LAND USE; OLIVE TREE; ORCHARD MANAGEMENT; POLICY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOIL EROSION; TILLAGE; WATER SUPPLY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 49349090288     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.04.023     Document Type: Article

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