Thís article cxamines recent transformations of the coffee landscape of northern Latin Ame rica through the optic of "place as process." As coffee became the most impurtant regional export crop, its "place" evolved. Coffee lands in northern Latin America now embrace 3.1 million hectares, often contiguous across international borders. Like many agricultural systems, coffee has succumbed to inten...

he remains of an extensive ancient agricultural system built and used by Andean peoples centuries ago are found throughout the vast high plain surrounding Lake Titicaca in the Andean countries of Peru and Bolivia (Figs. 1, 2). Raised fields are large elevated planting platforms which provided drainage, improved soil conditions, and improved temperatures for crops, The remains of prehistoric rai...

The agricultural information, as an important productive force, has permeated the whole course of the agricultural production. The agricultural information plays an important role in the development of our agricultural in the 21, and supports the agricultural modernization. This paper explicates that the agricultural information has effect on the agricultural development, studies the meaning of...

Accumulation of soil carbon (C) in ecosystems could help mitigate climate change, particularly in agricultural landscapes, but accumulation rates are thought to depend on land cover and management practices. To uncover relationships between soil properties and vegetation management strategies in the Midwestern USA, we examined soil C and nitrogen (N) content on lands under five management types...

Florida has experienced more population growth over the past half century than any other state, which has led to some of the most extensive urban development on valuable agricultural lands. To address this and other impacts of sprawl, Florida passed the Growth Management Act (GMA) in 1985, which among other things required local comprehensive planning and that it be consistent with a state plan...

Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) are known agents in pest biological control. Environmental factors can influence on populations of soil-inhabitant like EPNs agricultural lands. In the current study, after selecting a suitable study site (33.20-33.42 N and 48-48.55 E), soil sampling (250 samples) May to July 2019, infectious juveniles were extracted from samples according bait method. Accordin...

Cesar Alberto Meza-Herrera, Luis Carlos Hernández-Valenzuela, Antonio González-Bulnes, Manuel Tena-Sempere, Jose AbadZavaleta, Homero Salinas-Gonzalez, Miguel Mellado, Francisco Veliz-Deras Chapingo Autonomous University, Universitary Regional Unit on Arid Lands, Mexico; Department of Animal Reproduction, INIA, Madrid, Spain; University of Cordoba, & CIBER Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutriti...

International efforts to mitigate human-caused changes in the Earth's climate are considering a system of incentives (debits and credits) that would encourage specific changes in land use that can help to reduce the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide. The two primary land-based activities that would help to minimize atmospheric carbon dioxide are carbon storage in the terrestrial biosp...