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Grassland science in Europe facing new challenges: biodiversity and global environmental change.
In Europe, grassland is one of the dominant forms of land use. Within 20 years, the area of permanent grasslands and pastures in Western Europe has de...
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Framing fishery decline.
Fishery decline is interpreted in a number of ways. These interpretations vary considerably from one observer to another, depending on the level at wh...
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Challenges to ensuring food security through rice.
Rice is the major staple food of the world's population. In 2003, more than 3 billion people depended on rice for food energy and protein. Global rice...
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Amelioration strategies for salinity-induced land degradation.
Salinization of soils is a major impediment to their optimal utilization in many arid and semi-arid regions throughout the world. In several large irr...
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Crop diversification through halophyte production on salt-prone land resources.
Rapid population growth in the less developed countries of arid and semiarid regions and concomitant decline in productivity of agricultural lands due...
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Modifying forestry and agroforestry to increase water productivity in the semi-arid tropics.
The need to increase water productivity is a growing global concern as the World Commission on Water has estimated that demand for water will incre...
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Intensifying aquaculture production through new approachesto manipulating natural food.
The bulk of the world aquatic production is comprised of herbivorous/omnivorous fish species that feed low in the food chain and are cultured in semi-...
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Navigating the Water Framework Directive: implications for agriculture and beyond.
The Water Framework Directive (WFD) is a key piece of European environmental legislation introduced in 2000 to deliver on water quality objectives. ...
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Effects of no-tillage on soil structure.
When used over several years, no-tillage (NT) increases spatial differentiation of soils vertically and horizontally by altering the structure and com...
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Agricultural systems: sensitivity to climate change.
Agriculture is among the sectors most directly exposed to climate variability and change, with consequences for food production and food security. Thi...
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