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Showing 1 to 20 of 98 for “"Soil Conservation"”.
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Soil conservation in vocational agriculture
… organize materials on non-engineering phases or Soil Conservation, to be used by teachers and students in Vocational Agricultural Classes. The first part of each unit is designed for use as reference study by students of Vocational Agriculture and the second part consists of a job analysis …
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Sustainable development in Honduras: economic evaluation of soil conservation practices
… with erosion reduction and adoption of soil conservation practices for a representative farm in a watershed in Honduras are examined in a linear programming framework. Special attention is paid to income-soil loss tradeoffs, income-risk tradeoffs, and on the effect of different farmers' …
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Development of a seeding pellet system for use in soil conservation forestry
Soil conservation forestry is a necessary intervention in Iceland. Ecosystem health relates to ecosystem services, and forest ecosystems best perform those most needed for settlement and land use in Iceland. Soil conservation forestry tends not to generate revenue, and the benefits it offers are …
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Soil conservation in vocational agriculture: organized subject matter on the engineering units in soil conservation for use of teachers and students of vocational agriculture in Virginia (and West Virginia)
Problems in soil conservation are becoming increasingly important to the farmers of Virginia, West Virginia, and the nation. Much valuable material is available on the subject, but only a small part of it is suitable for use in vocational classes. There is a definite need for selection and …
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Soil conservation and the white agrarian environment in Colonial Zimbabwe, c. 1908-1980
… political ecology, settler culture and community conservation to examine soil conservation and the white agrarian environment in colonial Zimbabwe to evaluate to what extent players in government and the agricultural sector were conscious or concerned about preservation and conservation of the …
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An analysis of the financing of soil conservation subsidies on high country properties
… available to New Zealand farmers who undertake soil conservation programmes. This thesis is concerned with alternative financing proposals for subsidies given to farmers undertaking soil conservation programmes on high country sheep farms. The results establish that the present method of …
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Using palm-mat geotextiles for soil conservation on arable loamy sands in the United Kingdom
… studies on the effectiveness of geotextiles on soil erosion rates were conducted in laboratory experiments for <1 h. Hence, at Hilton, East Shropshire, UK, this study investigated the effectiveness of palm-mat geotextiles (Borassus and Buriti mats) in reducing rainsplash erosion, runoff and soil …
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Simulating the Adoption of Soil Conservation Management Systems Under the Conditions of Uncertainty (Erosion, Control)
Soil conservation has become a key issue in the U.S. in the 1980's. There is increasing concern for the continuing problem of soil erosion. Since conservation involves a planning horizon of more than one year, risk and uncertainty enter into the plans. Over time it is difficult to predict farm …
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Soil conservation in relation to maize productivity on sub-tropical red soils in Yunnan Province, China
… land in China is being degraded, with soil erosion becoming an increasing problem. In Yunnan Province, south-west China, there is a long history of soil erosion due to soil type, climate, anthropogenic influence and because 95% of the Province is mountainous. Population pressure and …
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Factors influencing the adoption of soil conservation practices in Virginia's Piedmont Bright Leaf Erosion Control Area
The conservation behavior of a sample of farmers in the Piedmont Bright Leaf Erosion Control Area of Virginia is examined to determine the factors which influence the farmers' decisions to use soil conservation practices. The relationship between farmers' use of conservation tillage and other …
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Sustainable use of soil resource base in the Dominican Republic:a farm level economic analysis of soil conservation practices
… policies on the farmer's ability to conserve soil are examined. Results indicate that income losses will be substantial when complying with soil loss standards without introducing soil conservation practices. Net income reduction of 36% can be expected with a reduction in soil loss by 50%. …
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Cross-compliance as a soil conservation strategy: a case study of the North Fork of the Forked Deer River basin in western Tennessee
… thereby providing an incentive for increased conservation efforts. The cross-compliance strategies examined in this study included Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service commodity programs, Commodity Credit Corporation loans, Small Business Administration loans, and Federal Crop …
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The Economics of Smallholder Households in Central Haiti
… made large investments in programs that promote soil conservation practices and reforestation. Despite the magnitude of the problems and the amount invested, there are relatively few economic analyses of the long-term adoption of soil conservation practices and woodfuel management. This …
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RESOURCE USE RATES: ESTIMATION OF TIME INVARIANT DECISION RULES (EROSION)
<p>As interest in soil conservation has increased, understanding the soil management decision rule used by farmers has become more important. The model developed to analyze the optimal decision rule for soil use rates is essentially a supply response model which assumes rational expectations. It …
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An economic study of fire cured tobacco farming in Appomattox County, Virginia in 1936
In September, 1933, the Soil Conservation Service established a demonstration area in the Wreck Island Creek Watershed of Appomattox County, Virginia. In order to secure information as to the farm practices followed in the area, the Soil Conservation Service and the Virginia Agricultural Experiment …
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Impact of Tenure and Uncertainty on the Choice of Optimal Soil Erosion Control Measures
Soil conservation issues re-surfaced in the United States during 1970's when crop acreage expanded by more than 120 percent to meet a 132 percent rise in agricultural exports. This large rapid expansion in cropland acres generated concern that increase in soil erosion might impair the nation's long …
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The influence of rainfall on the mechanics of soil erosion : with particular reference to Southern Rhodesia.
Today soil erosion is almost universally recognised as a serious threat to man's well-being, if not to his very existence, and this is shown by the fact that most Governments outside Europe give active support to programmes of soil conservation. But it is relevant, before making any assessment of …
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The use of farm maps in teaching agriculture
… by the pupil, maps or plats prepared by the Soil Conservation Service or the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. 5. The simplest type of equipment is used in the preparation of the maps, consisting of pencil, scale, pen, protractor, pantograph, ruler, T-Square, and drawing boards; the …
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Perceptions of Illinois district conservationists toward the use of the hydrologic unit approach for natural resource planning and management
… the 98 United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service district offices in Illinois. The approach is the management technique or strategy of working with local people to solve community natural and human resource problems, using a nine-step resource planning process. The …
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