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Indicators for sustainable land management based on farmer surveys in Vietnam, Indonesia, and Thailand
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In this paper, three case studies were undertaken to assess the sustainability of different land management systems practised by farmers on sloping lands of Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam using the framework for evaluating sustainable land management (FESLM).About:
This article is published in Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment.The article was published on 2000-10-31. It has received 107 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sustainable land management & Land management.read more
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Empirical evaluation of agricultural sustainability using composite indicators.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a practical methodology for evaluating the sustainability of farms by means of composite indicators, and applied it to two agricultural systems, the rain-fed agriculture of the Castilla y Leon countryside and the irrigated systems of the valley of the River Duero.
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Measuring farmers’ agroecological resistance after Hurricane Mitch in Nicaragua: a case study in participatory, sustainable land management impact monitoring
TL;DR: A study using a participatory research approach and simple field techniques found significant differences in agroecological resistance between plots on "conventional" and "sustainable" farms in Nicaragua after Hurricane Mitch as mentioned in this paper.
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Operational Indicators for Measuring Agricultural Sustainability in Developing Countries
Lin Zhen,Jayant K. Routray +1 more
TL;DR: The selection of indicators representing each aspect of sustainability should be prioritized according to spatial and temporal characteristics under consideration, and a set of operational indicators for measuring agricultural sustainability in developing countries is proposed.
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Patterns and ecological implications of agricultural land-use changes: a case study from central Himalaya, India.
TL;DR: In this paper, the changes in spatial patterns of agricultural land use, crop diversity, manure input, yield, soil loss and runoff from cropland, and dependence of agroecosystems on forests, during the 1963-1993 period in a small watershed in central Himalaya, India.
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World agriculture: Towards 2010 : an FAO study
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss issues such as hunger, sustainable growth, international inequities in trade, rural poverty, and technological developments, and present an approach to solve them.
FELSM: An international framework for evaluating sustainable land management
A J Smyth,J Dumasky +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the International Framework for the Evaluation of Sustainable Land Management (FESLM) is designed as a structured, logical pathway for making decisions on whether or not a carefully defined form of land management is likely to prove sustainable in a defined situation over a defined period of time.
Land degradation in the developing world: implications for food, agriculture, and the environment to 2020.
Sara J. Scherr,Satya N. Yadav +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the impact of land degradation on global agricultural production and make policy recommendations to reduce land degradation in specific countries and subregions in the form of Nutrient depletion, Salinization, Agrochemical pollution, Soil erosion, Vegetative degradation of rangelands and Agriculture-induced deforestation by 2020.
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Land quality indicators for sustainable land management: proposed method for yield gap and soil nutrient balance.
TL;DR: It is argued that Integrative indicators of the current status of the agricultural production capacity of land and their change over time are needed for promoting land management practices to maintain or improve land productivity and a sustainable use of natural resources.
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