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| Franco, Juan Agustin; Calatrava-Requena, Javier. |
| This paper analyses the process of adoption of no tillage in South-eastern Spain’s olive groves. Olive tree groves in South-eastern Spain’s mountainous areas are subject to a high risk of soil erosion, which is the main environmental problem for this crop, and have to incur in high costs of soil conservation. This results in a greater difficulty to comply with the practices required to benefit from both the single payment and agri-environmental schemes. In many high-steeped areas, farmers have opted for non-tillage practices as an alternative to other conservation practices. Using our own data from a survey carried out in 2006 among 215 olive tree farmers from the Granada Province in Southern Spain regarding the adoption of soil conservation and management... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Spanish olive groves; Soil erosion; No tillage; Crop Production/Industries; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44014 |
