Effectiveness of the GAEC standard of cross compliance retain terraces on soil erosion control

Italian Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 6, Issue SUPL.1, 2011, Pages 43-51

  Bazzoffi, Paolo ^a   Gardin, Lorenzo ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cross compliance; GAEC standard; Soil erosion; Stone wall terraces

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; COMPLIANCE; HILLSLOPE; HYDROGEOLOGY; PUBLIC GOODS; PUBLIC SERVICE; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; STANDARD (REGULATION); TERRACE;

ITALY;

EID: 84870744855     PISSN: 11254718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ija.2011.6.s1.e6     Document Type: Article

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