The Impacts of Farm Policies on Soil Erosion
Author : Craig D. Osteen
Publisher :
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 17,91 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Agriculture and state
ISBN :
Author : Craig D. Osteen
Publisher :
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 17,91 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Agriculture and state
ISBN :
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 21,85 MB
Release : 1993-02-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0309049334
How can the United States meet demands for agricultural production while solving the broader range of environmental problems attributed to farming practices? National policymakers who try to answer this question confront difficult trade-offs. This book offers four specific strategies that can serve as the basis for a national policy to protect soil and water quality while maintaining U.S. agricultural productivity and competitiveness. Timely and comprehensive, the volume has important implications for the Clean Air Act and the 1995 farm bill. Advocating a systems approach, the committee recommends specific farm practices and new approaches to prevention of soil degradation and water pollution for environmental agencies. The volume details methods of evaluating soil management systems and offers a wealth of information on improved management of nitrogen, phosphorus, manure, pesticides, sediments, salt, and trace elements. Landscape analysis of nonpoint source pollution is also detailed. Drawing together research findings, survey results, and case examples, the volume will be of interest to federal, state, and local policymakers; state and local environmental and agricultural officials and other environmental and agricultural specialists; scientists involved in soil and water issues; researchers; and agricultural producers.
Author : John Boardman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 878 pages
File Size : 39,51 MB
Release : 2007-01-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 0470859113
Provides a unique and comprehensive assessment of soil erosion throughout Europe, an important aspect to control and manage if landscapes are to be sustained for the future. Written in two parts, Soil Erosion in Europe primarily focuses on current issues, area specific soil erosion rates, on and off-site impacts, government responses, soil conservation measures, and soil erosion risk maps. The first part overviews the erosion processes and the problems encountered within each European country, whilst the second section takes a cross-cutting theme approach. Based on an EU-funded project that has been running for four years with erosion scientists from 19 countries Reviews contemporary erosion processes and rates on arable and rangeland in Europe Looks at current issues, such as socio-economic drivers, controlling factors specific to the country and changes in land use
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 25,57 MB
Release : 2019-05-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9251314268
Despite almost a century of research and extension efforts, soil erosion by water, wind and tillage continues to be the greatest threat to soil health and soil ecosystem services in many regions of the world. Our understanding of the physical processes of erosion and the controls on those processes has been firmly established. Nevertheless, some elements remain controversial. It is often these controversial questions that hamper efforts to implement sound erosion control measures in many areas of the world. This book, released in the framework of the Global Symposium on Soil Erosion (15-17 May 2019) reviews the state-of-the-art information related to all topics related to soil erosion.
Author : J. H. A. M. Steenvoorden
Publisher :
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 27,89 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Agricultural ecology
ISBN : 9781901502763
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 42,2 MB
Release : 1986-02-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780309036498
This new volume is the first independent analysis of an important national data base, the National Resources Inventory. It cites potential uses of the NRI in controlling soil erosion; determining land use; deciding conservation treatment; classifying soils; and protecting groundwater quality. Methods for soil conservation activities, ranging from the ranking of the lands most susceptible to erosion to the measurement and prediction of both wind and water erosion, are recommended throughout the volume.
Author : Walter Nebeker Thurman
Publisher : American Enterprise Institute
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 22,60 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780844739151
This volume explores the environmental impact of farm policies on farm programmes and environmental goals, along with the environmental consequences of alternatives to the current farm programmes.
Author : Kenneth G. Renard
Publisher :
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 28,63 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Geophysical prediction
ISBN :
Introduction and history; Rainfall-runoff erosivity factor (R); Soil erodibility factor (K); Slope length and steepness factors (LS); Cover-management factor (C); Support practice factor (P); RUSLE user guide; Coversion to SI metric system; Calculation of EI from recording-raingage records; Estimating random roughness in the field; Parameter values for major agricultural crops and tillage operations.
Author : United States. Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Publisher :
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 30,94 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Conservation of natural resources
ISBN :
Author : Malcolm Cairns
Publisher : CABI
Page : 1117 pages
File Size : 28,26 MB
Release : 2017-11-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1786391791
Shifting cultivation supports around 200 million people in the Asia-Pacific region alone. It is often regarded as a primitive and inefficient form of agriculture that destroys forests, causes soil erosion and robs lowland areas of water. These misconceptions and their policy implications need to be challenged. Swidden farming could support carbon sequestration and conservation of land, biodiversity and cultural heritage. This comprehensive analysis of past and present policy highlights successes and failures and emphasizes the importance of getting it right for the future. This book is enhanced with supplementary resources. The addendum chapters can be found at: www.cabi.org/openresources/91797