How the Soil Moves Upward in the Olive Orchards of NW Syria: Sustainability Analysis of a Local Innovation

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 416-426

  Colen, Liesbeth ^a   Turkelboom, Francis ^b,c   Van Steenwinkel, Sarah ^a   Al Ahmed, Kasem ^b   Deckers, Jozef ^a   Poesen, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Local innovation; Olive orchards; Soil degradation; Soil management; Syria

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AGRONOMY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FARMS; ORCHARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY; OLIVE ORCHARDS; PAIR-WISE COMPARISON; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL WATER AVAILABILITY; SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS; SYRIA;

SOILS;

EID: 84957668661     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2259     Document Type: Article

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