When you boil it all down, the management of dryland salinity requires technically feasible and effective management practices to be adopted by land managers. In most areas these will be farmers who must incorporate these practices while maintaining viable farming enterprises in tough and competitive environments. These land managers, or community-based catchment authorities, seek sufficient kn...

This paper innovates as it tests two different hypotheses regarding climate impacts on agricultural markets in Brazil: farmers only observe the average climate conditions of their region when deciding the type and amount of crop/animal to grow/raise; and weather diversions from normal climate conditions deviate farmers from their optimal profits. Both hypotheses are not rejected by the data. Th...

Women form an integral part of agriculture in the developing world, as farmers, as custodians and users of traditional knowledge and as seed managers. All of these roles and responsibilities in various ways ensure rural food security and maintenance of agricultural biodiversity. In fact, informal exchange of knowledge and seed sharing is central to farming practices in the developing world. The...

Dryland forest resources have great socio-economic and ecological importance in countries of SSA by playing significant roles in livelihood diversification of both rural and urban households, wood and food security, providing animal feed, human health care and environmental conservation. Despite their great importance, these resources have been subjected to severe degradation, owing to several ...

One of the fundamental difficulties in Iranian rangelands is the existence of wide area of poor condition rangelands that their grazing capability is low due to continuous livestock grazing pressure. Astragalus flexilipes is one of the palatable plant species of rangelands in Iran, while its distribution is being decreased due to improper grazing. The aim of this study was to ...

Citation: Brown TT, Lee CM, Kruger CE, Reganold JP and Huggins DR (2017) Comparison of Greenhouse Gas Offset Quantification Protocols for Nitrogen Management in Dryland Wheat Cropping Systems of the Pacific Northwest. Front. Environ. Sci. 5:72. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2017.00072 Comparison of Greenhouse Gas Offset Quantification Protocols for Nitrogen Management in Dryland Wheat Cropping Systems of ...