Influence of ecological defarming scenarios on agriculture in Ansai County, Loess Plateau, China

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-45

  Xu, Yong ^a   Tang, Qing ^a   Zhang, Tongsheng ^a   Yang, Qinke ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Ansai County; China; Defarming; GIS; Interviews; Loess Plateau; Policy; Slope; Subsidies

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; EROSION CONTROL; GIS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

ANSAI; CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; SHAANXI;

EID: 70350373648     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/mrd.995     Document Type: Article

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